单词 | precarious |
释义 | pre·car·i·ous ![]() 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·cari·ous·ly adv. pre·cari·ous·ness n. |
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