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precariousness

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

不稳定因素,不稳定,不稳定性,不稳定状态

Related Words

hazardous危险的,有危险性的,危险,有危险的dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性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touchy敏感的,棘手的,敏感,触摸式unsettled不安分的,不安的,不安稳的,不安的状态insecure不安全,不安全感,不安全的,不安全因素shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍risky有风险的,有风险,危险的,风险大unreliable不可靠的,不可靠,不可信的,不靠谱rocky岩石的,岩石,岩石般的,坎坷的unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人slippery滑溜溜的,滑溜溜,滑腻的,光滑的unsteady不稳的,不稳定的,不稳定,不稳problematic有问题的,有问题,问题多多,存在问题的perilous岌岌可危,岌岌可危的,险象环生,险恶的dicey狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,诡异的ambiguous含糊不清,含糊不清的,模糊不清,模糊不清的

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    • : dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.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

nouninstability
Synonyms
alternation交替,交变,交替进行,交替使用anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧capriciousness任性,任性妄为,任意性,摩羯座changeability变化性,可变性,变动性,易变性changeableness变化性,变动性,多变性,变化无常disequilibrium非平衡性,不平衡性,非平衡态,非平衡disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安fickleness浮躁,善变,无常,薄情寡义fitfulness疲软,疲惫,疲惫不堪,恶性循环flightiness飞行能力,飞行性,飞行,飞扬跋扈fluctuation波动性,波动fluidity流动性frailty体弱,虚弱,体弱多病,体质hesitation犹豫不决,踌躇,迟疑,疑虑immaturity不成熟,不成熟度,不成熟性,不成熟的人impermanence无常,无常态,无生无灭,无生inconsistency矛盾的地方,不一致,矛盾性,矛盾inquietude不安的情绪,不安,不安静,不安宁insecureness不安全感,不安全因素,不安全,不安全性insecurity不安全感,不安全,不安全因素,缺乏安全感irregularity违规行为,违规现象,违规,不规则性irresolution抵抗力,抵抗,拒绝,拒绝接受mutability可变性,易变性,突变性,变异性oscillation震荡,振荡,发振,摆动pliancy柔韧度,柔软性,柔软度,柔韧性restlessness烦躁不安,躁动不安,躁动,烦躁shakiness颤抖,抖动,颤颤巍巍,颤动transience瞬息万变,暂时性,瞬时性,暂时性的uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗unpredictability变化莫测,变化无常,不可预测性,不可预测unreliability不可靠,不可靠的,不靠谱,不可靠性unstableness不稳定,不稳定因素,不稳定的,不稳定性unsteadiness不稳定,不稳,不稳定的,不稳定因素vacillation摇摆不定,摇摆,犹豫不决,游移不定variability可变性,变异性,变化性,易变性volatility挥发性,波动性,波动,挥发vulnerability脆弱性,漏洞,脆弱,脆弱程度wavering摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,飘忽不定,犹豫不决weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性unfixedness无固定性,不固定性,非固定性,无定势性unsureness无意识,不认识,不了解,不意识

Examples

  • The FSO Nabarima’s precarious situation has worried activists and governments for months.

  • If your drive has problems at the hardware level, though, things get more precarious.

  • Girls from poor families living in precarious conditions are more vulnerable to such long-distance and cross-regional marriages.

  • 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.

  • Even in the short term, the bet is paying off by protecting networks’ advertising businesses in a precarious financial climate.

  • The cops rightly sensed the precariousness of the situation.

  • In doing so, it highlights the precariousness of sudden surges.

  • She remembered a certain precariousness of tenure among some of her previous—mental reservations.

  • Such an error as this shows the precariousness of historical testimony, even where it seems to be best grounded.

  • As much perhaps from the precariousness of their situation as from a reckless daring, they could not brook the least delay.

  • Perhaps the precariousness of her situation even turns my anxieties more strongly towards her.

  • The chief defects of Lindley are its self-sterility and precariousness in bearing, and its lack of adaptation to many soils.

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