precariousness / prɪˈkɛər i əs /

不稳定因素不稳定不稳定性不稳定状态

precariousness 的定义

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 dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.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

precariousness 近义词

n. 名词 noun

instability

更多precariousness例句

  1. The FSO Nabarima’s precarious situation has worried activists and governments for months.
  2. If your drive has problems at the hardware level, though, things get more precarious.
  3. Girls from poor families living in precarious conditions are more vulnerable to such long-distance and cross-regional marriages.
  4. Joshua Motta, CEO of Coalition, a cybersecurity insurance startup, said the Treasury’s hardline approach puts ransomware victims “in an even more precarious position” than they were in already.
  5. Even in the short term, the bet is paying off by protecting networks’ advertising businesses in a precarious financial climate.
  6. The cops rightly sensed the precariousness of the situation.
  7. In doing so, it highlights the precariousness of sudden surges.
  8. She remembered a certain precariousness of tenure among some of her previous—mental reservations.
  9. Such an error as this shows the precariousness of historical testimony, even where it seems to be best grounded.
  10. As much perhaps from the precariousness of their situation as from a reckless daring, they could not brook the least delay.
  11. Perhaps the precariousness of her situation even turns my anxieties more strongly towards her.
  12. The chief defects of Lindley are its self-sterility and precariousness in bearing, and its lack of adaptation to many soils.