precarity
不稳定因素,不稳定,不稳定性,不稳定状态
Definitions
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- : a state of existence in which material provision and psychological wellness are adversely affected by a lack of regular or secure income: The precarity that defines this socially vulnerable demographic cannot be ignored.
Examples
The pandemic has illustrated the danger of primarily tying one’s employment with the ability to get health care, as job precarity and unemployment exploded as coronavirus spread last year, leaving many communities vulnerable and uninsured.
With its roots in racial and gender justice history, guaranteed income is the ideal tool to combat both the racial injustice and economic precarity brought to the fore in 2020 and that we continue to see today.
Above her piano, a giant screen started to swing with a slow precarity that seemed to fan the tension.
Often LGBTQ immigrants have borne the brunt of repression, and often still face more precarity than many other LGBTQ Americans.
The incomes of millions living in precarity vanished in an instant, triggering an unprecedented mass migration of daily wage earners from the cities back to their villages.