[pri'keəriəs]
precarious
a. 不确定的,危险的

词形变化:

名词:precariousness 副词:precariously

例句与用法:

  1. The family lived a precarious existence.
    这家人过着朝不保夕的生活。
  2. 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!
  3. Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product.
    如果我们推迟发布新产品的话,我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。
  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。
  5. She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.
    作为小说家,她过着不太稳定的生活.

英英解释:

形容词 precarious:

  1. affording no ease or reassurance
  2. 同义词:unstable
  3. fraught with danger
  4. 同义词:parlous, perilous, touch-and-go
  5. dangerously insecure
  6. not secure; beset with difficulties
  7. 同义词:shaky