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.〔古语〕由他人摆布的。 短语和例子 a precarious living 愁吃少穿[朝不保夕]的生活。 a precarious life 不安定的生活。 the precarious life of a fisherman 极危险的渔民生活。 precarious privileges 随时均有被取消可能的特权。 a precarious foothold 不稳定的立足点。 a precarious assumption [assertion] 靠不住的假定[论断]。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" 同义词：unstable,
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" 同义词：parlous, perilous, touch-and-go,
not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" 同义词：shaky,
例句与用法
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Would not that be precarious for him ? 这对他难道不是太不保险吗？
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He holds his life on a precarious tenure . 他过着朝不保夕的生活。
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At present, his health is very precarious . 在目前，他的健康情况是很使人担心的。
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They were going to cross a precarious suspension bridge . 他们要渡过一些危险的吊桥。
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I'm sure you have heard of his precarious infancy . 我相信你们都曾听说过他多灾多难的幼年。
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My position was thus at the same time unprecedentedly strong and precarious . 因而我的地位是空前地强大，又是空前地汲汲可危。
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Early-modern governments were engaged in a precarious hand-to-mouth living . 早期近代的政府也是过着不安定的，收入仅敷支出的日子。
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The hunt for game was too precarious ever to have formed an exclusive means of human support . 狩猎又太无保证，始终不能成为维持人类生活的专门手段。
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Scotland, his native country, stood at this time in a very precarious and doubtful situation . 他的家乡苏格兰，其时正处于动荡不安，前途不稳的局面。
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The slovaks, who had been used as a pawn by germany, obtained a precarious autonomy . 曾被德国用来做棋盘上的卒子的斯洛伐克人，获得了朝不保夕的自治。
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