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tottering是什么意思

2024-02-15 13:27:16
tottering
美[tɒtərɪŋ]  英[tɒtərɪŋ]
adj.  蹒跚的;摇摇欲坠的
sp.  动词totter的现在分词.
  近义词:breakable,doddering,reeling,staggering,shaking,swaying,wavering,rocking,lurching,weaving,unsteady,wobbly,shaky,unstable,uneven,rickety,trembling,tremulous,vacillating,tottery,

英英释义

Adjective
  1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age;

    "a tottering skeleton of a horse" "a tottery old man"

  2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse;

    "a tottering empire"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Amid all this, the EU is tottering forward.在这一切之中,欧盟蹒跚的前进着。
  2. The tottering state was propped up by the financiers.这个摇摇欲坠的政府是靠这些金融家们支撑着的。