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
Collins.1 / BNC.9563 / COCA.10101
牛津词典
adj.
- 不稳的;不确定的;不保险的;危险的
not safe or certain; dangerous- 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。
- He earned a precarious living as an artist.
- 摇摇欲坠的;不稳固的
likely to fall or cause sb to fall- 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.
通往海滨的小路雨天非常湿滑危险。
- That ladder looks very precarious.
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.- 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
- Our financial situation had become precarious.
- 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.- 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。
- They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.
英英释义
adj
- affording no ease or reassurance
- a precarious truce
- fraught with danger
- dangerous waters
- a parlous journey on stormy seas
- a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
- the precarious life of an undersea diver
- dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
- not secure
- a shaky marriage
双语例句
- This year's Budget looks set to be a precarious high-wire act for the Chancellor.
编制今年的政府预算对财政大臣来说就好像是在走钢丝。 - My financial position is rather precarious at the moment.
那时我的经济状况相当不稳定。 - The climber had only a precarious hold on the slippery rock.
爬山者不牢靠地抓住了光滑的岩石。 - Would not that be precarious for him?
这对他难道不是太不保险吗? - At present, his health is very precarious.
在目前,他的健康情况是很使人担心的。 - 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》) - 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。 - A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.
困境,窘境很困难的或发窘的局面; - A precarious footing on the ladder.
梯子上不稳定的立足点。 - The system continues to look more precarious.
系统继续不稳固的运行。