dicey

1 The bathroom worked “most of the time,” according to Kev, “but if it ever gets dicey, there’s always Old Reliable.”

2 It seems even dicier when you consider how cultural bias might play into the scoring.

3 But these actresses — two of Japan’s biggest stars from the 1930s through the 1950s — shared an earlier, dicier chapter in their careers that has been largely invisible here.

4 “Every time I get caught on the subway around 3 or 4 during the school year, it’s definitely dicey,” she said.

5 But when it comes to the rescue, the theories get dicey once we consider the intricacies of time travel.

6 As dicey as it can be to use actual mental illness as a symbol for national trauma, Carrie was a kind of synecdoche for a rattled America.

7 A group show of serial art is a dicey idea.

8 That, too, raises dicey questions: What happens if Candidate Mike is unsuccessful — these journalists just blithely spin back through the revolving door into their old jobs?

9 Of course, none of this qualifies her as a great actress as Tennessee Williams or Laurence Olivier would define greatness, with her narrow range and dicey technique.

10 Inexpensive pinot noir is often a dicey proposition.

11 Even with the dicey conditions, we get a whisper of how good it can be, surfing a feathery quilt through the buna trees and back to the resort.

12 The weather is getting dicey.

变天了.

13 All in all, about half of the episodes of “Modern Love” make strange decisions about what to spend time on, a dicey proposition when there’s only 30 minutes to work with.

14 Media types are chockablock, instantly identifiable by their gold plastic badges and their complaints about security hassles, credential foul-ups and dicey WiFi access, among other things.

15 That revelation depends on a very dicey bit of chronology, one of several probabilities that may irritate attentive readers.

16 If lenders fear their borrowers are no longer trustworthy, they'll set their lending rates higher and ensure that only dicey borrowers request loans.

如果领导担心他们的借贷者不再值得信任，他们会抬升借给他们的利息还有就是确保那些仍不确定的贷款者请求继续贷款。

17 On Sept. 1, 2005, he left New Orleans because the situation in the city “had become too dicey,” he said in the documentary, and he anchored his newscasts in nearby Metairie, La., then Baton Rouge.

18 “I have always collected outside the norm, things that were scarce and dicey,” he said in a recent telephone interview.

19 Sometimes I get a tummy ache after breakfast, which makes lunch dicey, and there’s no way to get through the shift without at least one major refueling.

20 Although much of the housing crisis fallout has already occurred, investing in residential real estate is still dicey, and valuations are trickier than ever.

1 靠不住

copperhearted unsicker uncertain questionable unsafe slippery insecure greasy dubious shaky treacherous fishy wonky deceitful untrustworthy shifty fallacious faithless distrustful parlous undependable farfetched uncertainty play fast and loose I don't think

2 不确定的

uncertain vague doubtful dubious indeterminate iffy chancy touch-and-go general unclear obscure erratic unresolved hazy nameless equivocal disputable shoestring open unsure questionable indefinite precarious debatable tenuous open to dispute neutral contingent speculative undefined conjectural unascertained unassured dubitable aoristic on the knees of the gods

3 危险的

heavy dangerous nasty hazardous dodgy treacherous perilous parlous hot rough ugly awkward wicked unsafe precarious menacing unholy gnarly insane dark serious sticky hostile lunatic condemned touch-and-go riskful near tight risky adventurous rum stirring uncanny threatening chancy pestilent venturesome pestiferous trappy unchancy chanceful high wire

4 孤注一掷的

make-or-break

5 冒险的

hazardous wildcat chancy venturesome buccaneering risky adventurous unhealthy daring perilous dodgy heroic adventuresome hit-or-miss venturous chanceful

6 不确定

uncertain vague doubtful dubious indeterminate iffy chancy touch-and-go question confusion uncertainty general unclear obscure erratic unresolved hazy nameless equivocal disputable doubt shoestring peradventure indetermination unsettle open unsure questionable indefinite precarious debatable tenuous indefinitely open to dispute not quite in doubt neutral contingent speculative undefined conjectural unascertained unassured dubitable aoristic suspense indeterminacy indeterminism on the knees of the gods

7 不确实的

chancy

8 不可靠的

insecure unreliable flaky undependable unsure uncertain slippery doubtful dubious shaky dodgy wonky unsteady unsound faithless unauthenticated unauthentic undutiful inauthentic

9 不确实

chancy uncertainty peradventure

10 不可靠

insecure unreliable flaky undependable unreliability shakiness

11 危险

heavy dangerous nasty hazardous dodgy treacherous perilous parlous risk danger hazard hot rough ugly awkward wicked unsafe precarious menacing unholy gnarly insane pitfall dark serious sticky hostile lunatic condemned touch-and-go peril riskful near tight risky adventurous rum stirring uncanny threatening chancy pestilent venturesome pestiferous trappy unchancy chanceful chance threat menace jeopardy uncanniness high wire

12 孤注一掷

all-or-nothing make-or-break throw flier gamble have all eggs in one bask go for the gloves go bald headed go nap

13 有潜在危险的

dodgy

14 靠不住的

questionable contingent irresponsible shaky treacherous fishy faithless equivocal fly-by-night chancy untrustful copperhearted unsicker uncertain unsafe slippery insecure greasy dubious wonky deceitful untrustworthy shifty fallacious distrustful parlous undependable farfetched

15 冒险

hazardous wildcat chancy venturesome chance adventure gambling gamble run the gauntlet take a chance take chances tempt fate buccaneering risk-taking risky adventurous throw venture liberty hazard peril jeopardy run risk jeopardize jeopard sail near the wind skate on thin ice at ones peril chance arm shoot the rapids unhealthy daring perilous spec on spec stick neck out put at risk dodgy stick your neck out tempt providence play with fire run risks run the risk of doing run the risk of of doing cast caution to the winds cast caution to the wind throw caution to the winds throw caution to the wind take risks run the risk flirt with take a chance on take a risk flyer chance your arm put your neck on the line push it your luck heroic adventuresome hit-or-miss venturous chanceful plunge emprise emprize dare jump escapade gest tightrope go on the hook jump in at the deep end