rickety
pronunciation
UK [ˈrɪkəti]
US [ˈrɪkəti]
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- adj.
- 连接处不牢固的,快要散架的
Word Origin
rickety 不稳固的
来自 rickets,佝偻病,-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。
Example
- 1. Other countries with rickety public finances are nevertheless splurging on science and universities .
- 其他公共财政摇摇欲坠的国家却持续的往科研和大学上砸钱。
- 2. Fears about the rickety state of banks had made many people mistrustful of keeping money on deposit .
- 摇摇欲坠的银行系统令人担忧,使得人们不敢将钱存入银行。
- 3. But , on the rickety bridge , 9 out of 18 called .
- 但过摇晃的桥的18个被试,其中有9个打了电话。
- 4. Even in defeat he may , like samson , be ready to pull down the pillars of his rickety regime on his hapless people .
- 即使被击败,他也可能像参孙那样,随时准备拉倒利比亚摇摇欲坠的政权支柱,砸在不幸的本国人民身上。
- 5. We were dubious whether we would find ghost weddings in the modernist concrete blocks and rickety mines , but it seemed that the danger and urban anomie created a crucible for traditions such as ghost weddings .
- 我们怀疑能否在这现代的混凝土街区和摇摇欲坠的煤矿里找到冥婚,但是看起来这危险和城市的无序为象冥婚这样的传统创造了一个熔炉。
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