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precarious 音標拼音: [prik'ɛriəs] a. 不穩定的,不安的,危險的 不穩定的,不安的,危險的 precarious adj 1: affording no ease or reassurance; " a precarious truce" [ synonym: { precarious}, { unstable}] 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" [ synonym: { parlous}, { perilous}, { precarious}, { touch- and- go}] 3: not secure; beset with difficulties; " a shaky marriage" [ synonym: { precarious}, { shaky}] Precarious \ Pre* ca" ri* ous\, a. [ L. precarius obtained by begging or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another, fr. precari to pray, beg. See { Pray}.] 1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes. " Intervals of partial and precarious liberty." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious; equivocal. Usage: { Precarious}, { Uncertain}. Precarious in stronger than uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari, it first signified " granted to entreaty," and, hence, " wholly dependent on the will of another." Thus it came to express the highest species of uncertainty, and is applied to such things as depend wholly on future casualties. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Pre* ca" ri* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Pre* ca" ri* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " precarious": ambiguous, borderline, chancy, critical, dangerous, delicate, desultory, dicey, difficult, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hairy, hazardous, iffy, indecisive, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, on slippery ground, on thin ice, open, perilous, problematic, provisional, questionable, risky, sensitive, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, slippy, temporary, tentative, ticklish, touch- and- go, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy
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