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precariously

[prɪ'keərɪəslɪ] [prɪˈkɛrɪəslɪ]
  • 名词:precariousness;
  • 形容词:precarious;
  • 例句
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • ADJ-GRADED
      (局势)不确定的,不稳定的,危险的
      If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment.
      例句
      Our financial situation had become precarious. 我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。 ...the Government's precarious position. 政府的危险处境
    • ADJ-GRADED
      不稳固的;不牢靠的
      Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment.
      例句
      They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders. 他们顺着摇摇晃晃的梯子往上爬,看起来非常滑稽。
    英汉词典释义
    • adv.
      不安全地,危险地
      She leaned precariously out of the window. 她把身子探出窗外,真危险。 The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside. 旅馆危险地坐落在陡峭的山坡上。
      碰机会地,不稳定地,靠不住地
      houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs 附在峭壁上摇摇欲坠的房子 The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge. 电话放在窗台上,摇摇欲坠。
    英英词典释义
    • Adverb
      1. in a precarious manner;
      "being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with"