The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty.

这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩。

The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.

电话放在窗台上，摇摇欲坠。

By 1740 European feudalism was in its death throes.

到1740 年， 欧洲的封建义摇摇欲坠。