precarious
- adj. 摇摇欲坠的，不稳固的；（局势）不确定的，危险的
[ 比较级 more precarious 最高级 most precarious ]
专业释义英英释义
precarious [ pri'kεəriəs ]
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adj.
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affording no ease or reassurance
"a precarious truce"
同义词： unstable
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fraught with danger
"the precarious life of an undersea diver"
同义词： parlous perilous touch-and-go
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dangerously insecure
"a precarious footing on the ladder"
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not secure; beset with difficulties
同义词： shaky
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affording no ease or reassurance
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
precarious /prɪˈkɛərɪəs/ CET6+ TEM8
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ADJ If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. (情况) 不稳定的
例：Our financial situation had become precarious.
我们的财政状况已经不稳定了。
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precariously ADV 不稳定地
例：We lived precariously. I suppose I wanted to squeeze as much pleasure from each day as I possibly could.
我们过着动荡不安的生活。我想我那时候是想从每一天中获取尽量多的快乐。
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ADJ Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment. 不稳固的
例：They looked really comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.
他们爬上摇摇晃晃的梯子时，看起来真滑稽。
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precariously ADV 不稳固地
例：One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper.
我的一只购物袋还很不牢靠地悬挂在汽车保险杠上。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Our financial situation had become precarious.
我们的财政状况已经不稳定了。
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That ladder looks very precarious.
那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
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He earned a precarious living as an artist.
作为一个艺术家，他过的是朝不保夕的生活。
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Many people are desperate to leave behind the rubble-strewn streets and precarious structures that have been weakened by dozens of aftershocks.
VOA: standard.2010.01.21
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I think we're still in a precarious situation but I think we do have central bankers who are working effectively given the tools that they have.
我认为我们仍处于一个不稳固的情形之中,但是我们也有那些,用手中的金融工具有效率地工作的,中央银行主。
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Anyway, your loan-to-value ratio is getting pretty precarious because your house is now down 30% in value; your loan-to-value ratio, if we were to give you $5,000, would be something like 90%.
你的贷款价值比变得很不安全,因为你的房子已经贬值30%,如果我们借给你5000美金,你的贷款价值比率在90%左右
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