| 单词 | precarious |
| 释义 | precarious (once / 1156 pages) adj Grab for the adjective precarious when something is unstable, dangerous or difficult and likely to get worse. Are you totally broke and the people you owe money to keep calling? You're in a precarious financial situation! The Latin root of precarious means "obtained by asking or praying." This fits well as precarious always signals that help is needed desperately. If your life is precarious or you are in a precarious situation, things could become difficult, maybe even dangerous, for you. If your footing or hold on something is precarious, it is unstable or not firmly placed, so that you are likely to slip or lose your grip. WORD FAMILYprecarious: precariously, precariousness USAGE EXAMPLESTwo months into the season, they are in a precarious position. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Two games into its Big East schedule, the Georgetown men’s basketball team already finds itself in a precarious position. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) “So the settlement is a huge opportunity for someone in a precarious situation to get money,” Sanchez said. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj not secure; beset with difficulties Syn shaky insecure, unsafe lacking in security or safety 2adj affording no ease or reassurance a precarious truce Syn unstable uneasy lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance 3adj fraught with danger the precarious life of an undersea diver Syn parlous, perilous, touch-and-go dangerous, unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm |
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