1.摇晃;蹒跚
2.上下动;前后动
1.【游】跷跷板
1.to stand or move in a way that is not steady and makes you seem about to fall
2.to move backward and forward or up and down
1.[Game]a long board for children to play on, balanced on a support in the middle
1.I was brought up in an Italian immigrant family with a work ethic that teetered on the verge of slave labour.
我在一个意大利移民家庭长大，而家里的职业道德近乎是要像奴隶一样去劳作。
2.The bird looked at him when he spoke. He was too tired even to examine the line and he teetered on it as his delicate feet gripped it fast.
他说话的时候，鸟儿望着他。它太疲乏了，竟没有细看这钓索，就用小巧的双脚紧抓住了钓索，在上面摇啊晃的。
3.When Lehman was allowed to fail, financial markets froze, and for a few weeks the world economy teetered on the edge of collapse.
当雷曼兄弟未得到政府救助而破产时，各个金融市场都遭受资金流动性的冻结，而且世界经济一连好几周摇摇欲坠挣扎在崩溃的边缘。
4.Fake-jewel-encrusted glasses teetered on the tip of her nose as she read the paper spread out before her.
她在读报，鼻子尖上架着副仿珠宝眼镜，报纸在面前展开。
5.A police officer pulled the driver from a burning car as it teetered on the edge of a motorway bridge.
一名警察从起火的汽车中拽出了一个司机，当时那辆车已经在高架桥边上摇摇欲坠了。
6.Look back at the grand declarations made by political leaders as the global financial system teetered on the edge of self-destruction.
让我们回顾一下在全球金融体系濒临自我毁灭之际，政界领袖们发表的那些宏大声明吧。
7.Germany invaded Poland and the rest of the world teetered before joining the war.
第二次世界大战爆发，德国入侵了波兰，世界上其他国家在加入战争前陷入了动荡。
8.One reason: As competitors teetered during the financial crisis, J. P. Morgan's last-bank-standing stature lured giant companies.
其中一个原因是，在金融危机期间竞争对手处于破产边缘的时候，摩根大通成为最后一家屹立不倒的银行，这种地位吸引了大公司的目光。
9.The vote for the security deal followed months of tough talks between US and Iraqi negotiators that at times teetered on collapse.
在美国和伊拉克艰难地谈判了数次，几次还面临谈崩的几个月后，才举行了对该安全协议的投票。
10.The news came as events inside the courtroom yesterday teetered on the shambolic.
昨天法庭上发生的事件尚在混乱中扰人眼的时候，新闻传出来了。