teeter
美 [ˈtiːtə(r)] 
英 [ˈtiːtə(r)]
- v.蹒跚；摇晃；上下动；前后动
- n.【游】跷跷板
- 网络倾斜；摇摆；摇摇欲坠
词形变化
第三人称单数：teeters 现在分词：teetering 过去式：teetered 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 摇晃；蹒跚行走；踉跄；摇摇欲坠to stand or move in an unsteady way so that you look as if you are going to fall |
| 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。 |
习惯用语
teeter on the brink/edge of sth
处在（灾难或危险）的边缘；濒临to be very close to a very unpleasant or dangerous situation
| The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. 这个国家正处在内战的边缘。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Brian finished the "H-vac" programme in 2007 at the top of his class, but he landed in an economy already beginning to teeter.
2007年，布赖恩以全班前几名的成绩完成了H-vac课程，但此时美国经济已开始步履蹒跚。
Up to now, the White House on the arrest of the president has been a good buddy to remain silent, Teeter Cosme I did not interview.
截至目前，白宫对总统好哥们被捕一事一直保持缄默，蒂特科姆本人也没有接受采访。
We were saving at close to zero percent throughout 2007 and into 2008, but when the economy began to teeter, people started to save.
2007年我们的存款率还在零点徘徊，但当经济开始下滑的时候，人们就开始储蓄了。
Unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, Yemeni street protests have so far only managed to teeter on the edge of an uprising.
不像在突尼斯和埃及，也门街头抗议迄今只有设法蒂特对起义的边缘。
Since about a week ago. Didn't Mr. Teeter tell you? It's a new policy.
大概是一个礼拜以前。难道提特先生没告诉你吗？这是新的政策。
Suddenly the boy felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance.
这个小男孩突然踉跄向前，开始失去平衡。
Who would have thought that the mighty Halifax could be brought to its knees and teeter on the verge of nationalisation?
谁会想到昔日强大的哈利法克斯银行会被迫屈服蹒跚着走向国有化的道路？
the state budget is still in surplus even as California and New York teeter on the edge of bankruptcy.
州预算仍有盈余，而加州、纽约州还在破产边缘摇晃。
Much like a teeter-totter, one's life goes through periods of harmony and periods of difficulty.
就象跷跷板，人生会经历和谐时期和困难时期。
As a result, the United States and the European Union, already grappling with shaky credit markets, would teeter on recession.
因此，美国和欧盟（已经忙于对付摇摇欲坠的信贷市场）将陷入衰退。
Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.
没有这些更多的根本变革，这些人民将年复一年挣扎在灾害的边缘。
Funding is the industry's secret subsidy: without explicit or implicit guarantees many banks would teeter.
融资是企业的隐性津贴：没有内外担保很多银行将岌岌可危。
As domestic carmakers teeter on the break of in, the Senate begun debating whether and how to help.
因为国内汽车制造者正濒临着破产的边缘，所以国会就这一问题开始辩论是否应该对其进行援助。
Teeter started running in graduate school, years before learning he was HIV-positive.
在读研时开始跑步，那是在他得知自己是爱滋病患者的数年前。
Many have been driven to extinction, and many more now teeter on the brink.
许多物种已经被逼入绝境，更多的如今踉跄在生死之间。
Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.
海鸥在她面前的护墙上摇摇摆摆地走着，船只从她身边驶过。
Such applications teeter between thin client and rich client.
这样的应用程序介于瘦客户机和富客户机之间。
Greece stood at the brink of bankruptcy and other countries were starting to teeter.
希腊政府濒临破产，其他国家的经济也是摇摇欲坠。
All the while, the index funds continue to prosper, the bankers pocket the profits, and the world's poor teeter on the brink of starvation.
而与此同时，投资指数的资金依旧活力蓬勃，银行家们将利润落入袋中，任由世界其他地方的穷人在饿死的边缘徘徊。
In other words, Goodwin designed a house that would teeter when the slightest ill wind began to blow.
换句话说，古德温设计了一座房子，邪风一刮，就摇摇欲坠。
Tempers teeter on the brink of meltdown.
脾气爆发的边缘。
Fixed the dining room table so it doesn't teeter?
修理了餐厅的桌子使它不再摇晃？
Teeter totter, caught up between bein a father and a prima donna
以及摇晃蹒跚，在作为一位父亲和一位哭泣的女孩之间徘徊
teeter-totter Caught up between bein' a father and a pre-madonna
我的角色在一个父亲和一个啼哭孩子的母亲之间艰难蹒跚的徘徊，
China home prices teeter on a precipice
在悬崖上摇曳的中国房价
In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter
华尔街在疯乱的一天中草木皆兵
teeter on the brink of war
在战争边缘
