tottering

ˈtɒtərɪŋ
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Translation of tottering into Russian

Adjective

1.

medical

shaky due to age or weakness
  • The tottering old man needed a cane for support.Шаткий старик нуждался в трости для поддержки.
2.

stability

on the verge of collapse or failure
  • The tottering economy worried the citizens.Шаткая экономика беспокоила граждан.
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Synonyms and analogies of tottering in English

Examples of tottering in a sentence

  • She watched the tottering figure disappear into the distance.
  • The tottering bridge was closed for repairs.
  • Investors pulled out of the tottering business venture.
totter
ˈtɑtər
Verb
intr.
1.

unsteady movement

Rare
move in a shaky or unsteady way
Rare
  • The old man tottered down the street..Старик шатался по улице
2.

stability

Rare
be on the verge of collapse or failure
Rare
  • The company started to totter after the financial crisis.Компания начала шататься после финансового кризиса.
Noun

movement

Rare
unsteady movement or gait
Rare
  • His totter was noticeable as he crossed the room.Его неустойчивая походка была заметна, когда он пересекал комнату.

Expressions with totter: examples in English and translations in Russian

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Children laughed as they rode the teeter-totter at the park..

Translations of "tottering" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
шаткийadj. - shatkiy

By 1977, when Chiron was first seen, society was taking its first tottering steps towards balancing the two principles.

К 1977 году, когда Хирон был впервые замечен, общество делало свои первые шаткие шаги к уравновешиванию двух принципов.

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Other translations for tottering:

  • шатающийсяadj.
  • дряхлыйadj.
  • пошатывающаяся
  • пошатывающийся

tottering: Examples and translations in context

The transitional economies of the former Soviet empire have inherited no end of problems from the Communist era, including tottering public pension systems.

Переходные экономики бывшей Советской империи унаследовали от коммунистической эпохи бесчисленное количество проблем, в том числе шаткие системы государственного пенсионного обеспечения.

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