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

• 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 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 lively character Harriot tottering on her French heels and with her head as unsteady as her feet in a 1781 story The Delineator, represented the typical 18th-century feminine ideal.
  在1781年的短篇小说《描画者》（TheDelineator）中，活泼的人物哈里奥特（Harriot）穿着法式高跟鞋摇摇晃晃的，脑袋就像她的脚一样不稳定，这代表了18世纪女性的理想典型。
• 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。
• But some of our comrades, tottering along like a woman with bound feet, are complaining all the time, "You're going too fast, much too fast." He walked softly away into the lane towards his own house.
  我们的某些同志却像一个小脚女人，东摇西摆地在那里走路，老是埋怨旁人说：走快了，走快了。他轻手轻脚地走开了，走向通往自己家的小路。
• She whispered in his ear "You silly ass," and then, tottering to her chamber, lay down on the bed.
  她在他耳边悄悄地说：你这个笨蛋。然后她摇摇晃晃地回到她的寝室，躺倒在床上。
• EXAMPLE: Our petroleum exploration company's expenses were huge, and we were tottering on the brink of abandoning our efforts until last week when one of our drills discovered oil.
  我们这家石油勘探公司开支巨大，原来一直在放弃勘探的边缘徘徊，直到上周我们的一口钻井打出了石油。
• The revelation that Chinese companies discussed selling weapons to the tottering regime as late as July, in contravention of UN resolutions, is hugely embarrassing for Beijing, which is already struggling to improve relations with the victorious rebels.
  中国企业迟至7月仍与摇摇欲坠的卡扎菲政权就销售武器进行谈判，违背联合国决议，这对北京是一个巨大的难堪，北京方面在与取胜的利比亚反对派改善关系方面已经困难重重。
• 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。