precarious

precarious

美 [prɪˈkeriəs]  英 [prɪˈkeəriəs]

  • adj.不稳的;不确定的;不保险的;危险的
  • 网络不稳定的;不安全的;不安定的

反义词

adj.

同义词

英汉双解

adj.
1.
不稳的;不确定的;不保险的;危险的not safe or certain; dangerous
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。
The museum is in a financially precarious position.
这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
2.
摇摇欲坠的;不稳固的likely to fall or cause sb to fall
That ladder looks very precarious.
那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.
通往海滨的小路在雨天非常湿滑危险。

英汉解释

adj.
1.
不确定的,靠不住的;危险的,(生活等)不安定的
2.
(推测等)可疑的;前提有问题的,根据不充足的
3.
〈古〉由他人摆布的

英英解释

adj.

例句

Finally , we've begun to understand, how precarious is the state of our once lucky planet.

最终我们明白我们曾经幸运星球状态多么脆弱

The company has since been losing orders and customers due to its precarious financial situation and the overall global economic downturn.

公司由于稳定财政状况全球经济衰退环境一直失去订单客户

But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position.

但是刚刚进入21世纪几年我们发现自己处在不同以往并不稳定位置

A warning voice told him that this campaign, even so far, was too dangerous for a man in his precarious position.

一个声音告诫战役对于那样一个地位摇摇欲坠即使不再往下开展也是极其危险

Almost a week later, Trotter faces another consequence of her family's precarious financial condition.

大约星期Trotter面临家庭财务状况稳定另一个后果

Alarm and grief at the crisis in his wife's precarious health were enough to distract Liang.

警报伤心妻子稳定健康危机转移充足

More respectable colonists began to arrive, but growth continued to be precarious.

更多可敬殖民来到这里增长岌岌可危

For a few weeks in this precarious, partly imaginary warmth, the gods permit you to have your cake and eat it.

这种部份出于想象飘忽不定温暖之中每年几个星期上帝熊掌

As you will know by now the financial state of the world is precarious and collapsing, which will take their power base with it.

正如你们知道目前为止世界金融局势稳定正在崩溃拿走它们金融基础权力

Our situation was too precarious: two women trying to get academic jobs in the same place, one with only a temporary visa.

我们那时状况稳定两个女人努力工作签证只是临时

The three dollars he received for the triolets he used to eke out a precarious existence against the arrival of the WHITE MOUSE check.

三重奏凑合应付支票到达

The design includes a grand green roof that, although it seems to slope at quite a precarious angle, is accessible for people to walk on.

设计主要包括一个巨大绿色屋顶尽管看上去屋顶倾斜角度有些危险但是仍然行走上面

Even with an African American couple in the White House, the fate of the black family in America has never been so precarious.

尽管白宫入驻一对美国人夫妇美国黑人家庭命运从没今天一样靠谱

Ms Delgado said the rise in abortions among these women was partly due to precarious economic conditions.

德尔加多女士看来这些女性之所以越来越选择堕胎部分原因在于自身经济状况稳定性

But it highlights the increasingly precarious financial position Hicks finds himself in.

但是日益严峻财务状态只有希克斯

That was just as well: its current state is awfully precarious.

不过其实不了多少美国现状极其安定

Among the growing complaints, TEPCO was accused of ignoring warnings that the Fukushima plant was in a precarious location.

不断增长投诉东京电力公司指控无视警告福岛工厂一个危险位置

Mr Tremonti has become a sort of guarantor for the markets that his unpredictable boss will not rock Italy's precarious boat.

特雷蒙蒂已经成为对于当下形势担保难于捉摸老板并不愿意晃动意大利安稳小船内阁)。

The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes, there has never been peace in the world.

人类历史就是战争除了短暂稳定间歇之外世界过来不曾和平

Approaches as history recording, cause analysis and prediction means could be applied to determine the regional precarious disasters.

区域灾害识别采用历史记录成因分析预测方法

A warning voice told him that this campaign, even so far, was too dangerous for a man in his precarious position.

一个声音告诫战役对于那样一个地位摇摇欲坠即使不再往下开展也是极其危险

He was sensible that he existed only by the precarious indulgence of his name sake Duncan of Knockdunder.

知道之所以立足仅仅由于同名--诺克邓达邓肯姑息

My position was thus at the same time unprecedentedly strong and precarious.

因而地位空前强大又是空前汲汲

Its precarious stability will be jeopardised further if Mr Zardari proves to be right and the war against the Taliban is being lost.

如果事实证明扎尔达里我们正在输掉打击塔利班战争那么进一步危及巴基斯坦极为脆弱稳定

They worry that the precarious governing coalition lacks political will, and that the crisis is unfairly hitting the poor.

他们担心岌岌可危联合政府缺少政治意愿而且连夜经济危机重创脆弱经济

This precarious situation is further exacerbated by the fact that Yemen's population is expected to double in the next 15 years.

这种糟糕情况可能将来变得更加恶化因为预计15年也门全国人口增加

He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.

无法岩石危险位置下来

Playing games with working capital like this is not for those who like a quiet life, and is a precarious method of financing an enterprise.

这样手腕筹措营运资金一种牢靠企业融资方式适合那些喜欢平静生活

It's the briny broth of our origins, the pounding circulatory system of the world, a precarious molecular edge on which we survive.

生命来源于海洋海洋地球循环系统关键这些稳定分子使我们生存基础

They also had set up a treadmill in a precarious place: on the edge of a countertop overlooking an open tank of flesh-eating fish.

此外他们一个危险地方摆放跑步台子旁边加盖鱼缸肉食鱼类

Some animals have to take perpetual struggle for the preservation of a perilous and precarious existence.

有些动物不得不为了维护危险稳定生存进行不断斗争

But that sense of increasing physical security remains precarious, and psychological security is something else.

但是这种正在增强物理安全仍是摇摇欲坠心理安全一码事

But precarious mental health is not the only risk for long-term addiction.

精神异常并非长期上瘾唯一风险

The 4-wheel drive flies over the rims of the dunes at such precarious angles that for a moment you feel the jeep will topple over.

4驱动苍蝇沙丘这种稳定角度对于一个时刻觉得吉普车倒下

The fate of a quarter of a million civilians trapped in a Tiger-controlled pocket of territory remains precarious and unknown.

一百万平民四分之一猛虎组织控制地区他们命运依然难以预测令人

Americans might well see this as an attack on their historical right to own a home no matter how precarious their finances.

美国人可能看做对于他们拥有自己住房历史权利不论财务状况多么糟糕侵犯

As capitalism has advanced it has returned most people to a new version of the precarious existence of Marx's proles.

随着资本主义发展大多数马克思无产阶级朝不保夕生活看法

Everything's a little precarious, between the postmortem and the tubes in and out all week.

事情有点扑簌迷离整个徘徊尸检死亡边缘

The investigation comes at a precarious time for the IPCC and for advocates of tough measures to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.

调查进行IPCC面临确定支持采取强硬措施限制温室气体排放同样如此

Democrats are facing an especially precarious version of that dilemma.

民主党面对困境尤其危险

With this news came to the Bill and Kate as well as their life's precarious marriage and a swarm of paparazzi.

伴随消息一起来到比尔凯特生活他们岌岌可危婚姻以及蜂拥而至媒体

Upon leaving (sometimes without passing the final exam), nearly 40% of these students find themselves in the precarious transitional system.

普通中学毕业学生有些学生甚至没有通过毕业考试40%进入毫无保障综合学校学习

Hodgson, Dorothy. Precarious Alliances: The Cultural Politics and Structural Predicaments of the Indigenous Rights Movement in Tanzania.

危险结盟坦尚尼亚原住民主权运动文化政治结构