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precarious

英[prɪ'keəriəs] 美[prɪ'kerəriəs]
  • adj. 不稳定的;不安全的
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 不安全的;不稳定的 unsafe;unsteady

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. affording no ease or reassurance;

    "a precarious truce"

  2. fraught with danger;

    "dangerous waters"
    "a parlous journey on stormy seas"
    "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
    "the precarious life of an undersea diver"
    "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

  3. not secure; beset with difficulties;

    "a shaky marriage"

双语例句

1. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.
他们顺着摇摇晃晃的梯子往上爬,看起来非常滑稽。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自《权威词典》

3. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A soldier leads a very precarious life.
军人过着非常危险的生活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Washington struck me as a precarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper.
我的感觉是,在华盛顿出版这样一份理性的报纸不是太靠谱。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.
      作为小说家,她过着不太稳定的生活。
    2. Our financial situation is still precarious.
      我们的财政状况仍不稳定。
    3. What a precarious situation we were in when the avalanche started!
      雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊!
    4. He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.
      他无法从岩石危险的位置上下来。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. A soldier leads a very precarious life.
      军人过着非常危险的生活。

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