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precarious adj.不稳定的；不安全的 (1) 作为小说家，她过着不太稳定的生活。(2) 我们的财政状况仍不稳定。(3) 雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊！(4) 他无法从岩石危险的位置上下来。 The Latin root of precarious means "obtained by asking or praying." This fits well as precarious always signals that help is needed desperately. If your life is precarious or you are in a precarious situation, things could become difficult, maybe even dangerous, for you. If your footing or hold on something is precarious, it is unstable or not firmly placed, so that you are likely to slip or lose your grip.

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英 [prɪ'keəriəs] 美 [prɪ'kerəriəs] (1) She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.(2) Our financial situation is still precarious.(3) What a precarious situation we were in when the avalanche started!(4) He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks. 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! 1[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precariouslyThe 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。precariousnessWells was well aware of the precariousness of human life.韦尔斯深知人类生活的不稳定性。2[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。precariouslyOne 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。

英语单词	precarious
英美音标	英 [prɪ'keəriəs] 美 [prɪ'kerəriəs]
中文释义	adj.不稳定的；不安全的
英语例句	(1) She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist. (2) Our financial situation is still precarious. (3) What a precarious situation we were in when the avalanche started! (4) He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.
中文例句	(1) 作为小说家，她过着不太稳定的生活。 (2) 我们的财政状况仍不稳定。 (3) 雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊！ (4) 他无法从岩石危险的位置上下来。
vocabulary简明	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!
vocabulary扩展	The Latin root of precarious means "obtained by asking or praying." This fits well as precarious always signals that help is needed desperately. If your life is precarious or you are in a precarious situation, things could become difficult, maybe even dangerous, for you. If your footing or hold on something is precarious, it is unstable or not firmly placed, so that you are likely to slip or lose your grip.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。

Precarious Situation Financial Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Moment Precariously Ly