英:[prɪ'keərɪəslɪ]
美:[prɪˈkɛrɪəslɪ]
英:[prɪ'keərɪəslɪ]
美:[prɪˈkɛrɪəslɪ]
adv.
不安全地
危险地
碰机会地
不稳定地
词根:precarious
adj.precarious 危险的;不确定的
n.precariousness 不安全;不稳定
adverb
in a precarious manner … the privilege of a tiny, precariously poised minority.—Derek Bickerton Waiters in white shirts and black vests roamed, trays balanced precariously but with utmost precision.—Noah Charney … it's now balancing precariously on the brink of extinction and has become the first-ever bumblebee to be declared endangered in the US.—Laura Dennison
These birds suspend their nests precariously among fine twigs …—Michael Hansell
The first known use of precariously was in 1646
1 Meanwhile, Japan’s economy is still poised precariously between recovery and renewed slump.
与此同时,日本经济依旧在复苏与再次的低迷间徘徊。
2 Hospitality is innately altruistic, and the neighborhood restaurant is especially, preciously, precariously so.
3 The wares were stacked in tall towers that seemed to tilt precariously.
4 The central tower leaned precariously to one side.
5 Momma pointed out her two boxes, which my father and I loaded precariously onto the wagon.
6 The country swayed precariously between Christianity and paganism.
这个国家在基督教和异教之间摇摆不定。
7 The boys hid, their delicious project perched precariously on the edge of a tabletop.
8 She deliberates—and just when I sense that I’ve reached that tipping point where her emotions and better judgment teeter ever so precariously, I give her the gentle tap that ensures which way she’ll fall.
9 A pile of china dishes rested precariously on the head of the acrobat.
杂技演员头上危险地顶着一叠瓷碟.
10 She dug through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones she was looking for.
11 Meanwhile, Japan's economy is still poised precariously between recovery and renewed slump.
与此同时,日本经济依旧在复苏与再次的低迷间徘徊。
12 “We are fish in a bowl, dear,” Tsukiko tells her, cigarette holder dangling precariously from her lips.
13 The container, sitting precariously on the uneven edge, begins to slip....
14 Xenophilius strode back to the tea tray, which Hermione had managed to balance precariously on one of the cluttered side tables.
15 This in itself is dangerous since the branches are becoming precariously thin even for me, but I persevere.
16 A crowd of four drunk young women headed toward them, crossing the bridge precariously on high heels.
17 Lady Constance exclaimed, launching herself precariously to her feet.
18 Nuah poses for Muhammad, his hands resting on the hilt, sword pointing down, the fez sitting precariously on his hair.
19 His grandfather, the great theologian Jonathan Edwards, had once said that we were all depraved creatures, mere spiders hanging precariously over a never-ending fire.
20 Musk took the opportunity to encourage everyone listening to have at least three children, given that humanity rests precariously on thin ice in the broader scheme of the universe.
1 不稳定
broken unsure rocky unstable precarious wobbly unsteady unsound top-heavy labile unequable astatic wankle astatically erratically changeably troublesomely astaticism labilization instability unrest levity destabilization unsteadiness changeability labilize destabilise
2 危险地
dangerously alarmingly treacherously lethally insecurely riskily wickedly ominously perilously
3 不安稳
4 不牢靠
6 不安定
wild liquid adolescent volatile precarious iffy unsettled imbalanced restive yeasty vertiginous unquiet changefully imbalance fluctuation destabilisation unsettle destabilize built on sand
7 不安定地
8 不稳