precarious
英[prɪ'keərɪəs]
美[prɪ'kɛrərɪəs]
- adj. 危险的；不确定的
英英释意
- 1. affording no ease or reassurance;
- "a precarious truce"
- 2. fraught with danger;
- "dangerous waters"
- "a parlous journey on stormy seas"
- "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
- "the precarious life of an undersea diver"
- "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
- 3. dangerously insecure;
- "a precarious footing on the ladder"
- 4. not secure; beset with difficulties;
- "a shaky marriage"