1.不稳的;不确定的;不保险的;危险的not safe or certain; dangerous
He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家,他过的是朝不保夕的生活。
The museum is in a financially precarious position.这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
2.摇摇欲坠的;不稳固的likely to fall or cause sb to fall
That ladder looks very precarious.那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.通往海滨的小路在雨天非常湿滑危险。
Finally , we've begun to understand, how precarious is the state of our once lucky planet.
最终,我们明白,我们曾经幸运的星球其状态时多么的脆弱。
The company has since been losing orders and customers due to its precarious financial situation and the overall global economic downturn.
该公司由于其不稳定的财政状况及全球经济衰退的大环境一直在失去订单和客户。
But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position.
但是就在刚刚进入21世纪的几年前,我们发现自己处在了不同以往而并不稳定的位置。
A warning voice told him that this campaign, even so far, was too dangerous for a man in his precarious position.
一个声音在告诫着他,这场战役对于他那样一个地位摇摇欲坠的人,即使是不再往下开展,也是极其危险的了。
Almost a week later, Trotter faces another consequence of her family's precarious financial condition.
大约一星期后,Trotter又面临家庭财务状况不稳定的另一个后果。
Alarm and grief at the crisis in his wife's precarious health were enough to distract Liang.
警报和伤心事在他的妻子不稳定的健康危机对转移两是充足的。
More respectable colonists began to arrive, but growth continued to be precarious.
更多可敬的殖民来到这里,但增长仍岌岌可危。
For a few weeks in this precarious, partly imaginary warmth, the gods permit you to have your cake and eat it.
在这种部份出于想象,飘忽不定的温暖之中,每年会有几个星期上帝让你兼得鱼与熊掌。
As you will know by now the financial state of the world is precarious and collapsing, which will take their power base with it.
正如你们会知道的,到目前为止世界的金融局势是不稳定的和正在崩溃的,这将拿走它们的以它(金融)为基础的权力。
Our situation was too precarious: two women trying to get academic jobs in the same place, one with only a temporary visa.
我们那时的状况还很不稳定:两个女人都在努力找份教职工作,一个人的签证还只是临时的。
The three dollars he received for the triolets he used to eke out a precarious existence against the arrival of the WHITE MOUSE check.
他拿三篇小三重奏的三块钱凑合着应付到了《白鼠》的支票到达。
The design includes a grand green roof that, although it seems to slope at quite a precarious angle, is accessible for people to walk on.
设计主要包括一个巨大的绿色屋顶,尽管看上去屋顶倾斜的角度有些危险,但是仍然能让人行走在上面。
Even with an African American couple in the White House, the fate of the black family in America has never been so precarious.
尽管白宫入驻了一对非裔美国人夫妇,美国黑人家庭的命运从没像今天一样不靠谱。
Ms Delgado said the rise in abortions among these women was partly due to precarious economic conditions.
在德尔加多女士看来,这些女性之所以越来越多的选择堕胎,其部分原因在于自身经济状况的不稳定性。
But it highlights the increasingly precarious financial position Hicks finds himself in.
但是日益严峻的财务状态只有希克斯心知肚明。
That was just as well: its current state is awfully precarious.
不过其实也差不了多少:美国的现状极其不安定。
Among the growing complaints, TEPCO was accused of ignoring warnings that the Fukushima plant was in a precarious location.
在不断增长的投诉,东京电力公司被指控无视警告说,福岛工厂是一个危险的位置。
Mr Tremonti has become a sort of guarantor for the markets that his unpredictable boss will not rock Italy's precarious boat.
特雷蒙蒂已经成为对于当下形势的某种担保人,其难于捉摸的老板并不愿意晃动意大利那不安稳的小船(内阁)。
The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes, there has never been peace in the world.
人类的历史就是战争,除了短暂而不稳定的间歇之外,世界上小噢拿过来不曾有和平。
Approaches as history recording, cause analysis and prediction means could be applied to determine the regional precarious disasters.
区域灾害识别可采用历史记录法、成因分析法、预测法等方法。
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