precarious

英 [prɪˈkeəriəs]

美 [prɪˈkeriəs]

adj.  不稳的; 不确定的; 不保险的; 危险的; 摇摇欲坠的; 不稳固的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 不稳的；不确定的；不保险的；危险的
  not safe or certain; dangerous
  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。
  2. The museum is in a financially precarious position.
     这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
• 摇摇欲坠的；不稳固的
  likely to fall or cause sb to fall
  1. That ladder looks very precarious.
     那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
  2. The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.
     通往海滨的小路雨天非常湿滑危险。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （局势）不确定的，不稳定的，危险的
  If your situation isprecarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment.
  1. Our financial situation had become precarious.
     我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
  2. ...the Government's precarious position.
     政府的危险处境
• ADJ-GRADED 不稳固的；不牢靠的
  Something that isprecariousis not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment.
  1. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.
     他们顺着摇摇晃晃的梯子往上爬，看起来非常滑稽。

英英释义

adj

• affording no ease or reassurance
  1. a precarious truce
  Synonym:unstable
• fraught with danger
  1. dangerous waters
  2. a parlous journey on stormy seas
  3. a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
  4. the precarious life of an undersea diver
  5. dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
  Synonym:parlousperiloustouch-and-go
• not secure
  1. a shaky marriage
  Synonym:shaky

双语例句

• A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.
  困境，窘境很困难的或发窘的局面；
• Cao was a small state hemmed in between Jin and chu, and the safety of its ruler was as precarious as a pile of eggs.
  故曹小国也，而迫于晋、楚之间，其君之危犹累卵也。（《韩非子》）
• Our financial situation had become precarious.
  我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
• His situation was too precarious to allow him even time to reflect on any thought but one.
  他现在的处境太危险了，不容他有时间去想别的事。
• I'm sure you have heard of his precarious infancy.
  我相信你们都曾听说过他多灾多难的幼年。
• Would not that be precarious for him?
  这对他难道不是太不保险吗？
• He took advantage of other's precarious position to steal. it's shameful.
  他乘人之危进行偷盗，真是太可耻了。
• We are in a precarious situation.
  我们正处在非常危险的形势。
• The financial concessions granted to British Aerospace were, he said, of a precarious character
  他说，向英国宇航公司给予财政优惠未获证实。
• Washington struck me as a precarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper.
  我的感觉是，在华盛顿出版这样一份理性的报纸不是太靠谱。