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precariously

/pri-kair-ee-uhs-lee/US // prɪˈkɛər i əs li //

不稳定,不稳定的,岌岌可危,不稳定地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in an unstable, uncertain, or insecure way:The two archrivals sit precariously balanced at the top of the league, either one likely to fall in the standings at any time.
    • : in a way that is dependent on the will of others:They live precariously, subject to arrest by immigration authorities, and with taxes withheld from paychecks that they cannot reclaim.
    • : in a way that is risky or dangerous; perilously: He steadies the canoe as his son stands precariously in the bow, aiming his spear toward the river.

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Examples

  • In a statement posted on its website Wednesday, health agency Anvisa said it initially got “precarious data” on a “grave” event, which led it to suspend the study late Monday.

  • Unlike Sun Country, YRC was in a precarious spot long before the pandemic hit.

  • Proud as employees were of how the group adapted to the pandemic, they understood the precarious position Great Big Story’s business was likely in.

  • You’re seeing increasing amounts of precarious employment, increased contract work, and a decreased full-time labor market.

  • Living month to month is precarious, and that’s just as true for businesses as it is for people.

  • But there are many more people balancing precariously on the verge of indigence.

  • On the right side of the fall line, but precariously close to the precipice.

  • Those women who are not alone are often only precariously coupled.

  • Spain is reeling precariously, Greece is prepping for another make-or-break election—and Germany is still insisting on austerity.

  • The Daily Beast later witnessed the dramatic rescue of a third survivor precariously lifted from the wreckage Sunday morning.

  • Overhanging the pass was a huge boulder, balanced precariously on the edge of the jutting cliff.

  • She was living precariously on translation, which could be done, she maintained, when you hadn't any head at all.

  • By far the largest piece of granite had been the last to drop, and he saw that it was poised precariously on some smaller lumps.

  • On the wet top rail, precariously perching, the figure slipped and sprawled forward in the miry yard.

  • The hatch had slid to the deck's edge and was held precariously by the doubtful strength of the straining rail.

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