Surviving photographs still spark debates: metal plates that shimmer with unplaceable symbols, and objects shaped like gongs or resonant instruments—tools of ritual or science, perhaps? Without archaeological context or scientific verification, the Crespi Collection teeters on the edge between legend and reality, a riddle wrapped in lost history.
倖存的照片仍然引發爭論：閃爍著無法辨認的符號的金屬板，以及形狀像鑼或共鳴樂器的物體——也許是儀式或科學的工具？由於缺乏考古背景或科學驗證，克雷斯皮收藏品搖擺於傳說與現實的邊緣，是包裹在失落歷史中的謎題。
Germany’s Coalition Collapses, Leaving the Government Teetering
Middle East conflict 'on the brink', warns UN chief
BBC
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— The Middle East is 'on the brink', said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in response to Iran's attack late on Saturday · His comments come ...
BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China's National Radio and Television Administration. A week ago, Ofcom, the British media regulator, said it had withdrawn a license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, to broadcast in the UK.
Three seesaws had been installed on the US-Mexico border, allowing children from both countries to play together.
BBC.CO.UK
US-Mexico border wall seesaws win design award
Frightening video shows California residences teetering on the edge of crumbling cliffs: abcn.ws/20phdRM
This is some week to be reviewing Yanis Varoufakis. Greece teeters on the edge of the eurozone, its fate a matter of ferocious dispute between European finance ministers. Until recently Varoufakis was one of them, by most accounts the most irritating and self-assured man in the room. Now he lurks venomously on the fringes, spitting disdain upon a rotten bargain that he believes will doom his nation to further misery, all of which he foretold.
Israel contemplates worst-case scenarios as Egypt's crisis deepens
With Egypt's opposition movement gaining momentum and President Hosni Mubarak under increasing pressure, Israel is watching developments with concern as one its few Arab allies in the Middle East teeters on the brink.
tweeter
(tē'tər)
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.intr.
To cause to teeter or seesaw.
n. Northeastern U.S.
BBC.CO.UK
US-Mexico border wall seesaws win design award
Saturday's infection figure compares with 165 cases on Friday, 46 on Thursday and 47 on Wednesday.
Trump’s Words Were Destined to Stir Violence, Critics Say
In foreboding conversations across the political world, elected officials, party leaders and historians warned that the campaign was teetering on the edge of violence. This weekend it finally arrived.
Frightening video shows California residences teetering on the edge of crumbling cliffs: abcn.ws/20phdRM
This is some week to be reviewing Yanis Varoufakis. Greece teeters on the edge of the eurozone, its fate a matter of ferocious dispute between European finance ministers. Until recently Varoufakis was one of them, by most accounts the most irritating and self-assured man in the room. Now he lurks venomously on the fringes, spitting disdain upon a rotten bargain that he believes will doom his nation to further misery, all of which he foretold.
Israel contemplates worst-case scenarios as Egypt's crisis deepens
With Egypt's opposition movement gaining momentum and President Hosni Mubarak under increasing pressure, Israel is watching developments with concern as one its few Arab allies in the Middle East teeters on the brink.
The E-Sports World Is Starting to Teeter
At least two organizations in America’s most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring an uncertain future.
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Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters
House Arrest Lifted; Doubts on Accuser Weaken Prosecution
Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters
House Arrest Lifted; Doubts on Accuser Weaken Prosecution
By JOHN ELIGON
In a court hearing on Friday, prosecutors acknowledged serious problems with the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn attacked her.
Greece's
future in Europe's common currency was in doubt after a last-ditch
effort to form a new government failed and the country's political
turmoil sparked a dramatic increase in bank withdrawals.
Edited by CHRIS WILLIAMS
"The Richard Burton Diaries" covers the actor's seesawing yet intense marriages with Elizabeth Taylor, his intense reading habits and more.
In Downturn, Americans Seek Silver-Screen Lining By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
Even as the economy teeters, Hollywood has been startled by a box-office surge with little modern precedent.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp,
Congressional Democrats are drafting legislation that would give the teetering Detroit automakers at least $15 billion in emergency loans early next week and grant the federal government broad authority to manage a massive restructuring of their operations.
ABROAD
With Flemish Nationalism on the Rise, Belgium Teeters on the Edge
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
In its escalating dysfunction Belgium demonstrates the inextricable link between culture and nationhood.
She asked about America, as water for laundry heated on a hotplate. Did everyone live in a high-rise building? Was everyone rich? She watched as her small grandson, wearing a cast-off New York Yankees hat, teetered in, holding a tiny yellow flower.
plural noun
things, usually clothes, that you no longer want:
I always had to wear my sister's cast-offs as a child.
cast-off
adjective [before noun]
cast-off clothes
teeter
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to appear to be about to fall while moving or standing:
Delia was teetering around in five-inch heels.
brink
noun [S]
1 the point where a new or different situation is about to begin:
Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Scientists are on the brink of (= extremely close to) a major new discovery.
2 LITERARY the edge of a cliff or other high area:
She was standing right on the brink of the gorge.
brink
［スカンジナビア語. 「山の傾斜」→「危ういぎりぎりの端」］
teeter on the brink/edge of sth
If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon:
What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
brim (TOP)
noun [C]
the very top edge of a container:
She poured the cream until it reached the brim.
He filled the jug to the brim.
She passed him the mug, filled/full to the brim with hot black coffee.
brim
verb [I] -mm-
to become full of something, especially a liquid:
Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that he was alive.
FIGURATIVE His recent triumphs have left the tennis ace brimming (over) with (= full of) confidence and energy.
brimful
adjective
brimful of sth full of something good:
Nobody could call this year's Cannes film festival brimful of wonderful surprises.
cusp
noun [S]
the dividing line between two very different things:
on the cusp of adulthood
'The Richard Burton Diaries'
Edited by CHRIS WILLIAMS
Reviewed by JOHN SIMON
"The Richard Burton Diaries" covers the actor's seesawing yet intense marriages with Elizabeth Taylor, his intense reading habits and more.In Downturn, Americans Seek Silver-Screen Lining By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
Even as the economy teeters, Hollywood has been startled by a box-office surge with little modern precedent.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp,
Congressional Democrats are drafting legislation that would give the teetering Detroit automakers at least $15 billion in emergency loans early next week and grant the federal government broad authority to manage a massive restructuring of their operations.
October 30, 2008 -- 12:29 a.m. EDT
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The IMF will offer as much as $100 billion in a new kind of loan to countries battered by the financial crisis but not on the brink of disaster.
ABROAD
With Flemish Nationalism on the Rise, Belgium Teeters on the Edge
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
In its escalating dysfunction Belgium demonstrates the inextricable link between culture and nationhood.
She asked about America, as water for laundry heated on a hotplate. Did everyone live in a high-rise building? Was everyone rich? She watched as her small grandson, wearing a cast-off New York Yankees hat, teetered in, holding a tiny yellow flower.
cast-offs
plural noun
things, usually clothes, that you no longer want:
I always had to wear my sister's cast-offs as a child.
cast-off
adjective [before noun]
cast-off clothes
teeter
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to appear to be about to fall while moving or standing:
Delia was teetering around in five-inch heels.
noun [S]
1 the point where a new or different situation is about to begin:
Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Scientists are on the brink of (= extremely close to) a major new discovery.
2 LITERARY the edge of a cliff or other high area:
She was standing right on the brink of the gorge.
brink
[名]
1 ((文))（がけの）縁, 端, へり
the brink of a cliff
がけっぷち.
がけっぷち.
2 瀬戸ぎわ, 土壇(どたん)場, 危機
be driven to the brink of ruin
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
bring ... to the brink
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
on ［at］ the brink of ...
…に瀕(ひん)して
on ［at］ the brink of starvation
餓死寸前で.
餓死寸前で.
If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon:
What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
brim (TOP)
noun [C]
the very top edge of a container:
She poured the cream until it reached the brim.
He filled the jug to the brim.
She passed him the mug, filled/full to the brim with hot black coffee.
brim
verb [I] -mm-
to become full of something, especially a liquid:
Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that he was alive.
FIGURATIVE His recent triumphs have left the tennis ace brimming (over) with (= full of) confidence and energy.
brimful
adjective
brimful of sth full of something good:
Nobody could call this year's Cannes film festival brimful of wonderful surprises.
cusp
noun [S]
the dividing line between two very different things:
on the cusp of adulthood
(tē'tər)
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.intr.
- To walk or move unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
- To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
- To seesaw.
To cause to teeter or seesaw.
n. Northeastern U.S.
- See seesaw (sense 1). See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
- A teetering motion.
[Middle English titeren, probably from Old Norse titra, to shake.]
withdrawal
[with・draw・al]
- 発音記号[wiðdrɔ'ːəl, wiθ-][名]
1 [U][C]引っ込める［引き下がる, 引っ込む］こと；退出；脱退；（約束・前言などの）取り消し, 撤回；（通貨などの）回収；（預金の）引き出し, 引き出した金, 撤退, 撤兵；（自発的な）退学
2 [U]（麻薬などの）使用中止((of, from ...))；禁断症状(withdrawal symptoms).
complete withdrawal
完全撤退
完全撤退
seesaw
- seesawの変化形
- seesaws (複数形) • seesawed (過去形) • seesawed (過去分詞) • seesawing (現在分詞) • seesaws (三人称単数現在)
[名]
3 《トランプ》＝crossruff.
━━[副]上下［前後］に動いて, 変動して.
━━[動](自)
1 〈人が〉シーソーをする.
2 〈物が〉上下［前後］に動く；〈事が〉変動する.
━━(他)〈物を〉上下［前後］に動かす；〈事を〉変動させる.
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