Precarious
[prɪ'keərɪəs] or [prɪ'kɛrərɪəs]
解释:
(adj.) affording no ease or reassurance; 'a precarious truce' .
(adj.) not secure; beset with difficulties; 'a shaky marriage' .
唐纳德录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
(a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.
丹尼校对
同义词及近义词：
a. Uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon.
整理:劳埃德
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Hazardous, peril, ous, uncertain, riskful, unassured, insecure, dubious,doubtful
ANT:Assured, certain, systematic, safe, immutable
埃伦校对
解释:
adj. uncertain because depending upon the will of another: held by a doubtful tenure: depending on chance: dangerous risky.—adv. Precā′riously.—n. Precā′riousness.
录入:威廉姆斯
例句:
- We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The possession, even of such farmers, however, was long extremely precarious, and still is so in many parts of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Now that Sheridan was safe and Hampton free to return to Richmond with his cavalry, Wilson's position became precarious. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The crop, too, at least in the hop and fruit garden, is more precarious. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- One's safest course that day was to clasp a railing and hang on; walking was too precarious a pastime. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Getty was somewhat isolated from Warren and was in a precarious condition for a time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The independence of Judea was always a qualified and precarious thing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Wherever he went he made friends, and their influence was constantly helping him forward on what must have been a somewhat precarious career. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- It is interesting to know something of the precarious entry of this machine and something of the dark background from which it emerged. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Matters seemed tending worse and worse with him, and the situation of the Howe family in London, almost penniless, grew daily more and more precarious. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- As the time so passed, this slinking business became a more and more precarious one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
录入:威廉姆斯