precarious 音标拼音: [prik'ɛriəs]
a . 不稳定的,不安的,危险的
不稳定的,不安的,危险的
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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