英语词汇“precarious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pre·car·i·ous

(prĭ-kârē-əs)

adj.

1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder.

2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions: "His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued" (Christopher Brooke).

3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: a precarious solution to a difficult problem.

4. Archaic Dependent on the will or favor of another.

[From Latin precārius, obtained by entreaty, uncertain, from precārī, to entreat; see PRAY.]

pre·cari·ous·ly adv.

pre·cari·ous·ness n.

单词	precarious
释义	pre·car·i·ous (prĭ-kârē-əs) adj. 1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder. 2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions: "His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued" (Christopher Brooke). 3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: a precarious solution to a difficult problem. 4. Archaic Dependent on the will or favor of another. [From Latin precārius, obtained by entreaty, uncertain, from precārī, to entreat; see PRAY.] pre·cari·ous·ly adv. pre·cari·ous·ness n.
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