totter

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  • v.跌跌撞撞；摇摇欲坠
  • n.蹒跚(的步子)
  • Web摇摆蹒跚；踉跄；飘摇
Simple Present：totters  Present Participle：tottering  Past Tense：tottered  

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Totter
v.
1.
[i]
(+ adv./prep.)
蹒跚；踉跄；跌跌撞撞to walk or move with weak unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
2.
[i]
摇摇欲坠；摇摇晃晃to be weak and seem likely to fall
the tottering walls of the castle
城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁
a tottering dictatorship
濒临瓦解的独裁统治

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AllAll,跌跌撞撞跌跌撞撞,摇摇欲坠摇摇欲坠,蹒跚蹒跚,摇摆蹒跚摇摆蹒跚,踉跄踉跄,飘摇飘摇
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1.
The financial system continued to totter, stocks were plunging, and bad economic news was unabated.
当时金融系统仍步履蹒跚、股市持续下挫、经济领域的坏消息一个接着一个。
dāng shí jīn róng xì tǒng réng bù lǚ pán shān 、 gǔ shì chí xù xià cuò 、 jīng jì lǐng yù de huài xiāo xi yī gè jiē zhe yī gè 。
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2.
As regimes totter across the Middle East, those who offer cover against nasty political surprises look set to be even busier this year.
随着中东地区的政权动荡，那些提供政治风险保险的公司将迎来忙碌的一年。
suí zhe zhōng dōng dì qū de zhèng quán dòng dàng , nà xiē tí gōng zhèng zhì fēng xiǎn bǎo xiǎn de gōng sī jiāng yíng lái máng lù de yī nián 。
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3.
The audience saw him totter and his knees give, and then saw him recover and tuck his chin deeper into the shelter of his left shoulder.
观众看到他摇晃了一下，双膝一弯，立刻又恢复了原状，下巴尖在肩膀的掩护下埋得更深。
guān zhòng kàn dào tā yáo huàng le yí xià , shuāng xī yī wān , lì kè yòu huī fù le yuán zhuàng , xià bā jiān zài jiān bǎng de yǎn hù xià mái de gèng shēn 。
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4.
Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King's presence.
他人老背驼，面色苍白，牙齿脱落，在两根拐棍的帮助下，蹒跚而行，来到国王的面前。
tā rén lǎo bèi tuó , miàn sè cāng bái , yá chǐ tuō luò , zài liǎng gēn guǎi gùn de bāng zhù xià , pán shān ér xíng , lái dào guó wáng de miàn qián 。
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5.
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。
jiù xiàng qiāo qiāo bǎn , rén shēng huì jīng lì hé xié shí qī hé kùn nan shí qī 。
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6.
an empire that had begun to totter.
已经开始动摇的帝国
yǐ jīng kāi shǐ dòng yáo de dì guó
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7.
She managed to totter back to her seat.
她东倒西歪地好不容易回到了座位上。
tā dōng dǎo xī wāi de hǎo bù róng yì huí dào le zuò wèi shàng 。
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8.
They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter .
他们用金银妆饰他，用钉子和锤子钉稳，使他不动摇。
tā men yòng jīn yín zhuāng shì tā , yòng dīng zi hé chuí zi dīng wěn , shǐ tā bù dòng yáo 。
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9.
How easily, he reminds readers, stable-looking societies can totter.
他提醒读者，一个看起来稳定的社会可能很容易就会动摇。
tā tí xǐng dú zhě , yī gè kàn qǐ lái wěn dìng de shè huì kě néng hěn róng yì jiù huì dòng yáo 。
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10.
A few more days till we totter on the road.
而再过几天我们把它抛在路旁。
ér zài guò jǐ tiān wǒ men bǎ tā pāo zài lù páng 。
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