precarious
precarious 英 [prɪˈkeəriəs] 美 [prɪˈkeriəs]
adj. 不稳的；不确定的
He earned a precarious living as an artist. 作为一个艺术家，他过的是朝不保夕的生活。
The museum is in a financially precarious position. 这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
- Grab for the adjective precarious when something is unstable, dangerous or difficult and likely to get worse. Are you totally broke and the people you owe money to keep calling? You're in a precarious financial situation!
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- adj. 不稳的；不确定的
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1. He earned a precarious living as an artist.
作为一个艺术家，他过的是朝不保夕的生活。
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2. The museum is in a financially precarious position.
这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
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3. That ladder looks very precarious.
那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
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4. The economy is precariously close to recession.
经济濒于衰退的边缘。
- precarious (adj.) 1640s, a legal word, "held through the favor of another," from Latin precarius "obtained by asking or praying," from prex (genitive precis) "entreaty, prayer" (from PIE root *prek- "to ask, entreat"). Notion of "dependent on the will of another" led to extended sense "risky, dangerous, uncertain" (1680s). "No word is more unskillfully used than this with its derivatives. It is used for uncertain in all its senses; but it only means uncertain, as dependent on others ..." [Johnson]. Related: Precariously; precariousness.
pre·car·ious / prɪˈkeəriəs ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəs / adjective 1 (of a situation 情势 ) not safe or certain; dangerous 不稳的；不确定的；不保险的；危险的 ◆ He earned a precarious living as an artist. 作为一个艺术家，他过的是朝不保夕的生活。 ◆ The museum is in a financially precarious position. 这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。 2 likely to fall or cause sb to fall 摇摇欲坠的；不稳固的 ◆ That ladder looks very precarious. 那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。 ◆ The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather. 通往海滨的小路在雨天非常湿滑危险。 ▶ pre·car·ious·ly / prɪˈkeəriəsli ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəsli / adverb ◆ The economy is precariously close to recession. 经济濒于衰退的边缘。 ◆ He balanced the glass precariously on the arm of his chair. 他把杯子放在椅子的扶手上，随时可能摔下。 pre·car·ious·ness / prɪˈkeəriəsnəs ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəsnəs / noun [uncountable ] pre·car·ious / prɪˈkeəriəs ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəs / pre·car·ious·ly / prɪˈkeəriəsli ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəsli / pre·car·ious·ness / prɪˈkeəriəsnəs ; NAmE prɪˈkerəriəsnəs /
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