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

• 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。
• When later, grown-up, I went to Hangzhou and saw this tottering pagoda, I felt uncomfortable.
  后来我长大了，到杭州，看见这破破烂烂的塔，心里就不舒服。
• Tu weiyueh smiled grimly, feeling that his "regime" really was tottering this time.
  屠维岳又笑了一笑，感到自己的“政权”这次是当真在动摇了。
• 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。
• I could see the pile of books tottering but couldn't reach them before they fell.
  我可以看到这堆书摇摇晃晃，但是我还没来得及够到它们，它们就倒了下来。
• 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。
• The peace talks were tottering on the brink of collapse.
  和谈就要破裂了。
• Poor child! The cause was in her tottering feet.
  可怜的孩子！原因是在她那双立不稳的脚上。
• The property market is tottering.
  房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
• Private entrepreneurs in China have made substantial inroads into the steel sector in the past decade, usually by buying up and restructuring tottering state-owned firms like Tonghua.
  过去10年来，中国私营企业主纷纷大举进军钢铁行业，他们通常是买下像通钢这样摇摇欲坠的国有企业，并对其进行重组。