[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](局势)不确定的,不稳定的,危险的 If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment.
Our financial situation had become precarious.
我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
...the Government's precarious position.
政府的危险处境
precariously
The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions.
今天狩猎采集的生活方式在偏远地区侥幸留存了下来。
precariousness
Wells was well aware of the precariousness of human life.
韦尔斯深知人类生活的不稳定性。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不稳固的;不牢靠的 Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment.
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。
precariously
One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper.
我的一只食品杂货物袋还摇摇欲坠地搭在汽车保险杠上。
Oxford
pre·car·ious/prɪˈkeəriəs; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəs/adjective1(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。2likely 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; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəsli/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; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəsnəs/noun[uncountable ]pre·car·ious/prɪˈkeəriəs; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəs/pre·car·ious·ly/prɪˈkeəriəsli; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəsli/pre·car·ious·ness/prɪˈkeəriəsnəs; NAmEprɪˈkerəriəsnəs/
1a precarious situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse: Her health remained precarious, despite the treatment. the company’s precarious financial position2likely to fall, or likely to cause someone to fall: a precarious mountain trail—precariously adverb: a cup of tea balanced precariously on her knee—precariousness noun [uncountable]
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