teetering
v. 搖晃地站立或移動( teeter的現在分詞 ); <美>玩蹺蹺板; 處在(災難或危險的)邊緣; 瀕臨
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.
Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...
有 3 家賓館已破產在管,其他幾家正在破產的邊緣徘徊。
His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
他的聲音近乎歇斯底里。
If someone or something teeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.
Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance...
海德轉移了一下重心,就感到自己往前傾,開始失去平衡。
He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.
他眼看著茶杯在邊上搖搖欲墜,然後掉落。
Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
有3家賓館已破產在管,其他幾家正在破產的邊緣徘徊。
Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.
他們的經濟徘徊在崩潰的邊緣。
Look! There's a drunken man teetering at the head of the stairs.
看, 有個醉漢在樓梯頂那裡搖搖欲墜呢.
She was teetering along / about / around in very high - heeled shoes.
她穿著高跟鞋搖搖晃晃地走著[四處走].
The Empire's teetering in the balance.
帝國在搖搖欲墜.