| 词汇 | example_english_teeter |
| 释义 | Examples of teeterThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. They were teetering on the brink of nuclear war just weeks ago, and that threat has not gone away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to recognise that all pageantry teeters on a very narrow brink between the impressive and the ridiculous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not have thought that a lengthy consideration of the pros and cons can be described as "teetering on the edge". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are teetering on the 8,000 shortage at the moment, and it may start going down again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was teetering on the edge of the drawbridge, but withdrew very quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The society is teetering on the edge of complete social breakdown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Exporters are losing orders; industry is teetering on the edge of recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are at the moment, as we all know far too well, teetering on the edge of really serious racial problems in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lastly, we would be plagued, at a time when the company is teetering on the brink of survival or non-survival, with a world recession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To return to the eurozone, is it not in serious trouble, teetering on the brink of recession? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People went from absolute poverty into low-income status and teetered on the edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again it is a demonstration of how the policy teeters between farce and tyranny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many small businesses, including some in my constituency, that were literally teetering on the brink breathed a huge sigh of relief after that development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What words of comfort can he give to firms teetering on the brink of collapse? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A firm which is teetering will not be able to pay that interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A dozen or so businesses pushed over the edge on which they may have been teetering for some time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He teetered on the edge of self-satisfaction in so far as concerns government policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many small firms are teetering on the brink each day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I see my noble friend teetering on the edge of the seat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In far too many cases, when someone puts in an application it sits on a teetering heap for weeks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On that basis, the dairy industry is teetering at the top of a terrifying downward spiral. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is scarcely one which is not teetering on the edge of disaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With this mentality this disease will spread and ravage our country which teeters on the brink of starvation already. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The economy is already teetering on the edge of a 1930s slump. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of teetering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By 1985 farm income had declined by nearly half, hank lending was at a record level, and many farmers were teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, when a great many businesses, large and small, are teetering on the brink of going down the drain, that can be the last straw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he is aware, two cases of major redundancies have been made known to us in my own constituency, and one company is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ten days, or so, is the idea; ten days or so of mounting tension while the aggressor gathers his strength and teeters on the awful brink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my constituency, there are communities where the small shop is teetering on the brink of survival, and the fear of losing that shop is a major threat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must confess that the number of firms importing to the tune of £1 million a year which are teetering and are without £25,000 must be singularly small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Considering that most of the airlines of the world are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, will they not be tempted possibly to have special flights? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Others are teetering on the brink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy in many cases, and it is unreasonable to force it to accept a limit on effort without financial compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be some areas where the profitability of cable is so marginal that the companies after a year or so are teetering on the edge of viability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be problems, but it is not for the want of trying that we are now teetering on the brink of getting the project under way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those countries are still teetering on the brink of deciding whether to bring any commercial input into their television services and are troubled about advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are doing our best to raise funds from sources other than government, but we feel that we are teetering on the very edge of viability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are essential in constituencies such as mine, which have many ageing houses teetering on the brink of becoming slums, and many ageing constituents in need of specialised safe accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The negotiations, which have at times appeared perpetual and at other times to be teetering on the brink of failure, are approaching a climax when the world economy looks fragile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The state teeters between two abnormal and harmful statuses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The transport emerges from the passage and teeters on the edge of a vast pit of lava. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their relationship teeters between a familiar, cooperative interaction and downright annoyance or frustration with each other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Consequently, the country teetered toward economic dissolution and implosion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sales did not take off and the brothers' company teetered on bankruptcy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One reviewer stated that the movie teeters on the brink of tedious but repeatedly saves itself with moments of cleverness or insight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He can be seen teetering in his last films, owing to a loss of balance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A boy is teetering on the steep, slippery bank attempting to retrieve a football from the pool with a stick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Opening night came with the bar already teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The line-up changes created renewed drive and enthusiasm in a band that was by then teetering on the brink of collapse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although he's always smiling, the bank he owns is teetering on the brink of failure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1990, the company was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A hanger is a washer teetering on the edge of the hole, and can earn a player extra points. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like the world these apostles knew, the basket of food teeters perilously over the edge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other countries suffer similarly disastrous defeats, and human civilization teeters on the brink of destruction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Losses of partnerships also threatened the studio's stability and sent it teetering towards bankruptcy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In these past few shows, that's what we're seeingher teetering on the line between the old her and the new her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the beginning of the 1920s, the company teetered on the brink of collapse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The band had been suffering with personality differences teetering on the brink of all-out fist fights and it was clear that something had to give. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The two form an unlikely friendship against the backdrop of a country teetering at the brink of dictatorship and revolution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The work stoppage was nearly identical, teetering on whether to reduce the orchestra to a part-time entity or flourish into a full-time, world-class symphony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I almost lost it, my equilibrium was teetering. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Humanity now teeters on the brink of extinction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dialogue teeters from flat comedy to wince-worthy whimsy, with detours through blithe and earnest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are three basic classifications: hingeless, teetering, and fully articulated, although some modern rotor systems use a combination of these classifications. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An animatronic falling rock teeters close to the boat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The piece described a newsroom teetering on the edge, preparing for promised changes such as possible layoffs, fewer pages and combined sections that eventually were realized. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The companys new accessories failed to pick up the slack, and for the next three years the company experienced heavy losses and teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He begins jumping up a series of musical notes, finally teetering on the last one as the song abruptly cuts off and the video fades to black. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lead vehicle crashes through the guard rail and falls into the icy river below, leaving the presidential limousine teetering on the edge of the bridge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One can balance and teeter in the middle for a time, but not for very long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we, as we teeter on the last millimetres at the edge of this terrible decision, still reach peace? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The danger is that such efforts may teeter unless they are provided with immediate help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We thought that we might make him teeter a little further towards the edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They teeter on the brink of viability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first castaway to fill their basket with enough rice to cause their teeter-totter to tip and raise a flag would win. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first were quite primitivethe bicycle teeter-totter was a 10-foot 4x4 piece of wood with a 3-foot fulcrum. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They would then dump the rice into a basket on a third teeter-totter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The teeter bar has a hand grip on both sides that hangs down between the pilots' legs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I was on the bottom stroke of this sort of teeter-totter mechanism that made the handcar run. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then they must fill a bucket on the opposite side of the teeter-totter with water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cornerstone of his plan consisted of a teeter board or see-saw that was used to get the blood flowing in the recently deceased patients. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Walls teeter, swerve, and collide in random curves and angles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The teeter-totter (or see-saw) and the weave poles are typically the most challenging obstacles to teach to any dog. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whether the works are created in steel or bronze, the configuration of elements seems to teeter as if on the point of collapse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition, we are further characterizing the pathology of teetering brain using immunohistochemical methods. At this point, villages were teetering on the brink of famine as locust invasions threatened to consume the limited food crops that had been planted. As a woman of questionable morals, she seemed to stand by as her family teetered on the brink of disaster. At a pessimistic extreme, the city, and not just the urban poor, was claimed to be teetering at the very brink. Balloons float, a high-wire circus act teeters. A folk-like melody introduced a rustic quality, but there was an ever-present sense of danger, of teetering on the brink - the phrase 'dancing on a volcano' came to mind. They have been very infrequently investigated by linguists but deserve more attention since they teeter on the semantics/pragmatics border. People who are acutely aware of their own powerlessness teeter on the boundary between anger and despair. The harbour workers and ancillary staff who rely on the white fish fleet for a living are now teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Only three years ago the two states teetered on the verge of nuclear war. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many regions of the world are teetering on the brink of disaster. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A global village which has been hit by an earthquake and all its buildings, both large and small, strong and weak, are teetering. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English After the handover of power to the current rulers, farmers were quickly driven out of the old farms, and the country is constantly teetering on the brink of famine. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many small businesses could be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy simply because of high uniform business rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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