shakiness
noun[U]
uk/ˈʃeɪ.ki.nəs/us/ˈʃeɪ.ki.nəs/shakinessnoun[U](OF MOVEMENT)
smalluncontrolledmovementscausedby someone beingweak,ill,nervous, etc.:
颤抖，发抖The shakiness in hishandsmeansheneedsextratimeto getdressed.他颤抖的双手意味着他需要额外的时间来穿衣服。
Hervoicewas a little tooloud- anattempttocoverher shakiness.她的声音有点太大了——这是在试图掩盖她的颤抖。
smallmovementsfromsidetosidebecause something is not beingheldfirmly:
摇晃，晃动I wasworriedby the shakiness of thebridge.桥的晃动让我很担心。
- When blood-glucoselevelsfalltoolow,hypoglycemiacanresult,causingshakiness,hunger,confusionandfatigue.
- Alcoholabusecancausepoormemory,incontinence,depressionand shakiness.
- The shakiness of the hand-heldcameramade thefootageseemveryrealistic.
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- brandish
- flap
- flourish
- fluffsomethingup
- jitter
- joggle
- pulse
- reverberate
- rocky
- shimmy
- stir
- stirsomethingup
- sweep
- teeter
- thrashing
- throbbing
- wag
- wobbler
- wobbly
- worry atsomething
shakinessnoun[U](LIKELY FAILURE)
thefactofseemingweakorlikelytofail:
虚弱；缺乏稳定Governmentbondsgainedpopularitydueto the shakiness of the USstockmarket.由于美国股市的波动，政府债券受到欢迎。
Given the shakiness ofitscentralclaim, thebookis anunsatisfyingread.鉴于其核心主张的摇摆不定，这本书的内容并不令人满意。
- Theoveralleconomicshakiness that we have beenexperiencingover the last 10monthshas had abigimpactonourbusiness.
- There's a lot of shakiness intermsofconfidencein thesystem.
- Besides the shakiness of the book'spremise, itlacksstructureororganization.
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- suggestible
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss
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