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precarious

英 [prɪ'keərɪəs] 美[prɪ'kɛrərɪəs]
  • adj. 危险的;不确定的

英英释意


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. dangerously insecure;
"a precarious footing on the ladder"
4. not secure; beset with difficulties;
"a shaky marriage"