Tottering

(adj.) (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; 'a tottering empire' .

(adj.) unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; 'a tottering skeleton of a horse'; 'a tottery old man' .

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• The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was gone out of the Lock-house as soon as he gave her this permission, and her tottering steps were on the road again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In that case her tottering faith would have become firm again. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Tottering with weakness, she came forward, and delivered her basket. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Two days later, D'Arnot was tottering about the amphitheater, Tarzan's strong arm about him to keep him from falling. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Thus tottering on the dizzy brink, we were happy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was a little tottering bench of shabby old volumes outside the door, labelled Law Books, all at 9d. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• After a time she arose, and with feeble and tottering steps ascended the street. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I informed her that my reason was tottering on its throne, and only she, Miss Mills, could prevent its being deposed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There was only Amelia to stand by and support with her gentle arms the tottering, heart-broken old man. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Counterstroke after counterstroke had failed, and Russia was now tottering towards a collapse. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She dragged her tottering limbs from the bed to visit her son once more, but her strength failed her, and she sank powerless on the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was very odd to see what old letters Charley's young hand had made, they so wrinkled, and shrivelled, and tottering, it so plump and round. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Tottering and shaking in all his giant frame, he stumbled slowly from the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The old absolutist system of government was fast breaking up, and ancient thrones were tottering. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When a building seems clumsy and tottering to the eye, it is ugly and disagreeable; though we be fully assured of the solidity of the workmanship. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This having been administered at a neighbouring public-house, he conducted me, with tottering steps, to the Misses Spenlow's door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And on this tottering foundation you build up your comfortable moral maxim that Crime causes its own detection! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Fanny stood up tottering--made a step or two towards her mother, and fell forwards into her arms in a fainting fit. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Porter; but, believe me, sir, I am tottering on the verge of forgetfulness as to your exalted position in the world of science, and your gray hairs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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