tottering

英 [ˈtɒtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːtərɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的现在分词

现在分词：tottering　

BNC.33005 / COCA.31389

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
  If someonetotterssomewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
  1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
     他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
  2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
     宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
  If something such as a market or governmentis tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
  1. The property market is tottering.
     房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
  2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
     对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

英英释义

adj

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability
  1. a tottering empire
• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
  1. a tottering skeleton of a horse
  2. a tottery old man
  Synonym:tottery

双语例句

• But with almost all of the Arab regimes tottering, Israel could have no guarantee that such a peace would last.
  但在几乎所有阿拉伯政权都摇摇欲坠之际，以色列可能无法确保这样的和平得以持续。
• Along with the expansion of capitalism in the world, China was involved in the tide of global commodity economy in modern times and that made the tottering feudal dynasty shocked unprecedentedly.
  随着资本主义在全球的扩张，中国在近代被卷入了世界商品经济的大潮之中，这使本来就摇摇欲坠的封建王朝受到了空前绝后的冲击。
• The euro zone's new 'banking union' ensures that bank creditors will take losses to bolster tottering banks in the future.
  欧元区的新银行联盟则确保银行的债权人未来将承担损失，以此来提振步履艰难的银行业。
• Martin guided her tottering footsteps to a chair, from where she watched him with bulging eyes.
  她歪歪倒倒地被马丁扶到一张椅子上坐下，在那里瞪大眼望着他。
• She walked slowly with tottering steps.
  她迈着蹒跚的步子慢慢地走着。
• At stake in Washington in November 2008 was the future of the tottering US banking system.
  在2008年11月的华盛顿，国会的决定关系到步履蹒跚的美国银行体系的未来。
• The peace talks were tottering on the brink of collapse.
  和谈就要破裂了。
• The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
  宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• This major change is occurring just as old family support systems are tottering towards extinction.
  正当旧家庭所维系的体制摇摇欲坠迈向灭绝的时候，这个重大的变革发生了。
• The property market is tottering.
  房地产市场摇摇欲坠。