teetered

英 [ˈtiːtəd]

美 [ˈtiːtərd]

v.  摇晃; 蹒跚行走; 踉跄; 摇摇欲坠
teeter的过去分词和过去式

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

• As I stood outside its brokenness that day nearly a year ago, chiding the sea, a solitary black high-heeled sandal of mine teetered on a broken slab of concrete.
  一年前的那天，我站在房子的废墟旁怒斥大海时，看到了我的一只高跟黑色凉鞋行影孤单地在一块破混凝土板上摇来晃去。
• So as the global financial system teetered on the brink of collapse last week, Chinese officials and bankers "seemed as if they were observing events on another planet", said a senior Western banker who was in Beijing for meetings.
  因此，一位到北京开会的西方资深银行家表示，当全球金融体系上周濒于崩溃的时候，中国官员和银行家“就好像是在观看另一个星球上发生的事件”。
• Little more than a year ago, many of the largest and oldest financial firms in the world teetered on the brink of collapse, overwhelmed by the consequences of their irresponsible decisions.
  一年多以前，许多世界上最大最古老的公司在经济崩溃的边缘摇摆，被他们自己做的不负责任的决定的后果压倒。
• But in the past 11 weeks as Greece teetered on the edge of default, commodity prices have dropped.
  但是在过去的11周当中，正当希腊经济动荡，濒临债务违约边缘之时，商品价格出现了下滑。
• Right now, we are no better off than a year ago, when several major institutions teetered on the edge of total failure, and nearly all of them were granted massive infusions of government and central bank funds.
  目前，我们的状况并不比一年前更好。当时几家主要金融机构正濒临完全破产的边缘，其中几乎所有机构都得到了政府和央行注入的巨额资金。
• His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
  他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
• Jem skipped two steps, put his foot on the porch, heaved himself to it, and teetered a long moment.
  杰姆连跨两级踏上走廊，身子跟了上去，然后踉跄好一阵才站稳。
• Italy's centre-left government teetered after two small parties withdrew their support.
  意大利的中心-留下在摇摇欲摆之后被的政府二个小的宴会撤回了他们的架。
• The ladder teetered dangerously and I nearly fell off.
  梯子危险地摇晃起来，我差点摔下来。
• Fake-jewel-encrusted glasses teetered on the tip of her nose, gray hair was piled on her head.
  一副镶有假宝石边框的眼镜摇摇欲坠地架在她的鼻尖上，满头灰发。