| 英语单词 | precariously |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [prɪ'keəriəsli] 美 [prɪ'keəriəsli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.危险地；不稳固地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The sight of one of them leaning precariously over the building's roof edge while using a stone-cutting machine made me feel queasy. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 有一名工人很危险地靠在屋顶边缘操作切割机，我看了很不舒服。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If something is happening or positioned precariously, it's in danger. A glass could be precariously balanced on the edge of a table. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If something is on the verge of danger, then the word precariously fits. You're living precariously if you jump up and down on a lake that's not totally frozen. In your late teens, you're precariously close to the brink of adulthood. When you have one college class left, you're precariously close to having to find a job. Some people like living precariously: they enjoy danger. Other people just get stressed out and prefer to live carefully. |
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