tottering
adj. 蹣跚的,動搖的
v. 走得或動得不穩( totter的現在分詞 ); 踉蹌; 蹣跚; 搖搖欲墜
If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
他踉蹌地走到冰箱前,拿出一瓶啤酒,一屁股坐在桌邊。
The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
寶寶開始只是爬,後來第一次站起來蹣跚著走了幾步。
If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
The property market is tottering.
房地產市場搖搖欲墜。
...further criticism of the tottering government.
對瀕臨瓦解的政府的進一步批評
1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age;
2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse;
The property market is tottering.
房地產市場搖搖欲墜。
the tottering walls of the castle
古城堡搖搖欲墜的牆壁
With power and to spare we must pursue the tottering foe.
宜將剩勇追窮寇.
Poor child! The cause was in her tottering feet.
可憐的孩子! 原因是在她那雙立不穩的腳上.
This was the week in which France was tottering on the brink of ruin.
這個星期,法國踉蹌於毀滅的邊緣.