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1 词典释义:
teetered
时间: 2025-04-11 04:54:39
英 ['tiːtəd]
美 ['titɚd]

v. 濒临;摇摇欲坠;(teeter的过去式和过去分词)

n. 跷跷板;摇摆

双语例句
  • She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes.

    她穿着高跟鞋一步三晃地跟在他后面走。

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  • The boy teetered, and began to fall.

    这个男孩子歪歪倒倒的走了一步,然后重重摔了下来。

  • She teetered along in her high - heeled shoes.

    她穿着一双高跟鞋摇摇晃晃地走着。

  • The news came as events inside the courtroom yesterday teetered on the shambolic.

    昨天法庭上发生的事件尚在混乱中扰人眼的时候,新闻传出来了。

  • 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。

  • Just eight years ago, as I prepared to take office, our economy teetered on the brink of depression.

    就在八年前,我刚刚就职,我们的经济摇摇欲坠,处在萧条的边缘。

  • S. debt ceiling earlier this month as the United States teetered on the edge of a potential default.

    当时美国已经徘徊在可能欠债的边缘。

  • On the homeward flight he repeatedly teetered down the aisle, spilling his drinks on other passengers.

    在返家的飞机上他一再地在客舱过道里醉态醺醺,把杯中酒泼洒到其他乘客身上。

  • Some fishing boats had capsized; those sweptinto town by the tsunami teetered on their sides, or were tossed upside down.

    一些渔船已经倾覆,那些被海啸冲进城的或者船舷着地斜躺,或者底朝天倒扣着。

  • Unemployment had spiked to double digits, housing prices had collapsed and the financial industry teetered on the brink of collapse.

    失业率达到两位数、房价崩溃、金融产业处在崩溃的边缘摇摇欲坠。

  • When virtual anger spilled over into the real world, actions in the name of high-minded platitudes teetered on the brink of ethics and legality.

    当虚拟现实的愤怒蔓延到世界各地,在道德上的边缘摇摇欲坠高尚的行动和陈词滥调的名称合法性。

  • On a recent August night, young women in stilettos teetered precariously through the cobblestone streets of the meatpacking district in Manhattan.

    在八月的一个夜晚,穿着细高跟鞋的年轻女孩们摇摇晃晃地走在曼哈顿肉品加工区的鹅卵石路上。

  • As carmakers teetered many people put it about that one in ten American jobs depended on the industry. The figure turned out to include taxi drivers.

    汽车制造商步履维艰,于是许多人声称十分之一的美国工作都有赖汽车业——后来发现,这需把出租车司机计算在内。

  • Having teetered on the brink of bankruptcy one moment, JAL seemed to have secured an improbable lifeline the next, only for its hopes to be dashed once again.

    经历过徘徊于破产边缘的境况,日本航空看起来不可思议的保住了公司,但这个梦想只会再一次破灭。

  • 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。

  • He is referring to the us central bank-orchestrated rescue of the Bear Stearns investment bank, which teetered on the brink of bankruptcy because of loan losses.

    卡鲁那指的是上个月美国中央银行美联储合力帮助挽救华尔街投资银行贝尔斯登公司。贝尔斯登公司由于受到信贷亏损的打击而濒临破产。

  • Bean never felt claustrophobic in Battle School. Not even on Eros, where the low ceilings of the Buggers' tunnels teetered over them like a car slipping off its jack.

    比恩在战斗学院从来没觉得自己有幽闭恐惧症,甚至在虫族隧道低矮的天花板下蹒跚而行,像一台在千斤顶上 摇摇欲坠的车时也没这种感觉。

  • Domestic conditions in Japan created the first crisis the moderates faced. In the 1920s, unemployment ran high, and the country teetered on the brink of a depression.

    日本国内经济状况恶化产生了温和派的第一个危机。20世纪20年代的日本失业率很高,整个国家面临经济萧条。

  • Tires blew, steel snapped, and the landing gear folded. The burning aircraft teetered to port, then the belly hit the concrete and skidded along, trailing a torrent of hot white sparks.

    轮胎爆炸,钢架折断,起落架扭曲成废铁,还在燃烧的飞机摇摇晃晃地倒向左边,机腹落在水泥铺就的地面上开始滑行,擦出一串灼热的白色火花。

  • With historically weak sales and two of the Detroit Three having teetered for months on the brink of collapse, analysts said car buyers are getting some of the best discounts on record.

    因为历史上销售疲软以及底特律三大巨头中已有两个处于崩溃的边缘,分析人士表示购车得到了一些最佳折扣。

  • 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。

  • Now, just a few years after the American auto industry teetered on the brink of collapse, America’s great manufacturers of yesterday have emerged as some of the great manufacturers of today.

    现在,离美国汽车产业在崩溃边缘摇摇欲坠的时候刚刚过去几年,曾经的美国最大制造商现如今又跻身最伟大制造商行列。

  • Now, just a few years after the American auto industry teetered on the brink of collapse, America's great manufacturers of yesterday have emerged as some of the great manufacturers of today.

    现在,离美国汽车产业在崩溃边缘摇摇欲坠的时候刚刚过去几年,曾经的美国最大制造商现如今又跻身最伟大制造商行列。