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precarious

/pri-kair-ee-uhs/US // prɪˈkɛər i əs //UK // (prɪˈkɛərɪəs) //

岌岌可危,不稳定,不稳定的,不稳定因素

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
    • : dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
    • : exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver.
    • : having insufficient, little, or no foundation: a precarious assumption.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.tricky, doubtful
Synonyms
dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致dicey狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,诡异的hazardous危险的,有危险性的,危险,有危险的insecure不安全,不安全感,不安全的,不安全因素perilous岌岌可危,岌岌可危的,险象环生,险恶的problematic有问题的,有问题,问题多多,存在问题的risky有风险的,有风险,危险的,风险大rocky岩石的,岩石,岩石般的,坎坷的shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍slippery滑溜溜的,滑溜溜,滑腻的,光滑的ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人touchy敏感的,棘手的,敏感,触摸式uncertain不明确,不确定,不明确的,不明朗unhealthy不健康的,不健康,不良,不卫生unreliable不可靠的,不可靠,不可信的,不靠谱unsettled不安分的,不安的,不安稳的,不安的状态unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳unsteady不稳的,不稳定的,不稳定,不稳ambiguous含糊不清,含糊不清的,模糊不清,模糊不清的borderline边界线,边境地区,边缘地带,边界chancy花心,花心的,花心思,花心大萝卜contingent特遣队,特遣队员,特遣队成员,特遣队的dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的dynamite炸药,爆破,炸弹equivocal模棱两可的,暧昧的,暧昧不明,暧昧不清hairy有毛的,有毛,多毛的,有毛发的hanging by a thread不绝如缕,不绝于耳,不胜其烦,不堪重负iffy有问题,有问题的,不确定,不太好impugnable不可置疑,不可置疑的,可疑的,不可质疑的indecisive优柔寡断,犹豫不决,踌躇不决,摇摆不定loaded负载,负载的,负荷,负荷的on thin ice如履薄冰,冰火两重天,如履薄冰的,坚如磐石open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的out on a limb走投无路,孤军奋战,孤注一掷,孤立无援rugged崎岖不平的,崎岖不平,坚固耐用,崎岖的sensitive敏感的,敏感,灵敏的,敏锐的touch and go一触即发,触摸和走动,触摸和走动的,摸摸看unsafe不安全,不安全的,毫不安全,无安全保障unsure不确定,不确定的,不放心,没有把握

Examples

  • While places like Buca di Beppo are hardly independent restaurants, presumably Fieri’s restaurant concept keeps some members of the service industry employed at a time when restaurant work is precarious.

  • The unique challenges some older people in the US face with digital access is making a precarious situation worse for them.

  • As gender non-conforming persons, our natal homes can often render our wellbeing precarious.

  • An absolutely global union would have no such motivation, making it far more precarious.

  • Indeed, after watching Bridgerton, I concluded in my review that “its most interesting ideas — like Simon’s precarious place in society as a duke of color or his mysterious time abroad — get almost no attention.”

  • But he has somehow leapt to a higher plateau during the last few years—all the more amazing given his precarious health.

  • Somebody else suggests that the evidence is precarious, coming as it does from victims who might not make confident witnesses.

  • It was a precarious life, tented on the fairgrounds with all earnings in cash.

  • The incident highlights the precarious state of Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from the country.

  • Their harrowing escape to Erbil has ended in a precarious and hardscrabble existence.

  • When riding along a good road his position was precarious enough, requiring all his best efforts to maintain his balance.

  • To what sad, precarious, and miserable existence does he vow himself—he who takes up a literary career?

  • She had felt that no really nice girl would travel so far on so precarious an errand, particularly when she was alone.

  • Um could reach the highest shelf without standing on an inverted rice-pot, or the even more precarious fish-cleaning bench.

  • The life of the forest and desert hunters is one of incessant activity, and their food supply is precarious.