单词	precariously
释义	precariously /prɪˈkɛːrɪəsli / adverb 1In a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse: the homes hung precariously over the edge of a huge crevice precariously stacked towers of blocks... The stage resembled an oblong squash court with seating perched precariously on scaffolding above the set. Entire clusters of painted wood strips were raised off the ground by a pair of precariously positioned folding tables. The painting depicts two naked figures balancing precariously on a fish-filled wooden boat. 1.1In a way that is uncertain or dependent on chance: a country poised precariously between economic boom and social catastrophe the team clung precariously to their lead... On the basis of this analysis, it would seem that the answer lies precariously between the last two possibilities. The associations she infers are numerous—and precariously contradictory. In a culture like theirs, so precariously balanced between nature and culture, such reactionary Calvinist rhetoric seems odd.
随便看	thornless thornlike thornproof thorntail distension distich distichous distichously distil distill distillate distillation distillatory distiller distillery distinct distinction distinction without a difference distinctive distinctively distinctiveness distinctly distinctness distinguish distinguishable

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