teetering

英 [ˈtiːtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtiːtərɪŋ]

v.  摇晃; 蹒跚行走; 踉跄; 摇摇欲坠
teeter的现在分词

现在分词：teetering　

BNC.44425 / COCA.30320

柯林斯词典

• VERB 濒临(危险的形势)
  Teeteris used in expressions such asteeter on the brinkandteeter on the edgeto emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.
  1. Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...
     有 3 家宾馆已破产在管，其他几家正在破产的边缘徘徊。
  2. His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
     他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
  3. ...white towns teetering precariously on the edge of cliffs.
     在悬崖边上摇摇欲坠的几座白色小镇
• VERB (人)步履蹒跚，踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠，东倒西歪
  If someone or somethingteeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.
  1. Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance...
     海德转移了一下重心，就感到自己往前倾，开始失去平衡。
  2. He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.
     他眼看着茶杯在边上摇摇欲坠，然后掉落。

双语例句

• And now we're teetering on the high wire.
  而我们现在仿佛在走钢丝。
• China is teetering on the brink of a radical policy change that could transform not just China, but also world financial markets.
  中国正徘徊在一场根本性政策变革的边缘，这一政策变革不仅会改变中国，还会改变全球金融市场。
• Once the foolhardy are teetering on the precipice, it is too late for smugness.
  一旦一些愚勇之士悬崖边命悬一线，自鸣得意为时已晚。
• The country is teetering on the brink of war.
  该国正面临一场战争。
• Until the company ships that first successful product everything is teetering atop the pitch.
  在公司制造出第一个成功的产品以前，所有事情都在“pitch”上面摇摇晃晃。
• All of us took perverse delight in watching as a few bottlenecks formed and one person slowly had a growing, teetering stack of blocks on his left waiting for him to process.
  我们所有的人都反常地喜欢看到一些障碍形成，一个人那里慢慢地出现一个增长的，不稳定的盒子堆，在其左边等待他去处理。
• The bad news is that the world economy is teetering on the brink of what may well be the most damaging slowdown since the Second World War.
  坏消息是，世界经济正处于很可能是二战以来最具破坏性的经济减速的边缘。
• If anything goes wrong, you are teetering high above the center ring with no safety net, because this method glosses over a critical concept.
  如果出现任何问题，您就像是步履蹒跚的高高走在没有安全网保护的中心环之上，因为该方法掩盖了一个关键的概念。
• President Obama started his first term with a bang, simultaneously engineering an auto industry rescue, stabilizing a teetering Wall Street, and negotiating a massive stimulus package to wrench the economy back from the brink.
  当年，奥巴马首次当选美国总统可谓轰动一时，他不仅拯救了美国汽车行业，稳定了风雨飘摇的华尔街，并且提出一系列大规模经济刺激方案，把美国经济从崩溃的边缘拉了回来。
• Cities teetering on the brink of failure, such as Detroit, are often studded by boarded-up houses and empty business districts.
  底特律等濒临破产边缘的城市中，通常布满了木板房和空荡荡的商业区。