teetering是什么意思？

teetering

• v. 摇晃地站立或移动( teeter的现在分词 )，<美>玩跷跷板，处在（灾难或危险的）边缘，濒临；

例句

• The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. 这个国家正处在内战的边缘。
• Look! There's a drunken man teetering at the head of the stairs. 看, 有个醉汉在楼梯顶那里摇摇欲坠呢.
• Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. 他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。
• 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。
• Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse... 他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。
• 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。
• I actually skated, and despite some teetering I did not fall on the ice... 我真的滑冰了——尽管有些踉跄，但没有跌跟头。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  濒临(危险的形势)
  Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.
  例句
  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。 His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria. 他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
• VERB
  (人)步履蹒跚，踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠，东倒西歪
  If someone or something teeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.
  例句
  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。 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。