英语词汇“precarious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	precarious
释义	pre·car·i·ous \-rēəs\ adjective Etymology: Latin precarius obtained by entreaty or prayer, obtained by mere favor, doubtful, uncertain — more at prayer 1. archaic : depending on the will or pleasure of another : held on sufferance : liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another 2. : dependent upon uncertain premises : dubious 3. obsolete : importunate, begging 4. a. : dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments : uncertain < unfavorable weather … and too great dependence on a single precarious crop do not bring disaster as they once did — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > b. : characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger < the precarious safety of an ice floe — G. de Q. Robin > < faced trouble inside his precarious four-party coalition government — Time > 5. : precarial Synonyms: see dangerous
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