precarious

[US]/prɪˈkeəriəs/
[UK]/prɪˈkeriəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 依靠機會的; 不確定不安全的; 不穩固的

Phrases & Collocations

precarious situation

危險的局勢

precarious position

不穩定的位置

precarious balance

危險的平衡

precarious financial situation

不穩定的財政狀況

precarious living conditions

艱難的生活條件

Example Sentences

a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder.

不安全的姿勢;在梯子上沒站穩

the country's increasingly precarious economic position.

該國越來越不穩定的經濟地位。

a precarious solution to a difficult problem.

尚未證實可行的解決方法

she made a precarious living by writing.

她靠寫作過着饔飧不繼的日子。

He earns a precarious living as a window washer.

他靠做擦窗工維持着朝不保夕的生活。

A soldier leads a very precarious life.

軍人過着非常危險的生活。

They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.

他們靠在垃圾場撿垃圾維持着朝不保夕的生活。

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