precarious

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. (情況) 不穩定的
Our financial situation had become precarious. 我們的財政狀況已經不穩定了。
2. precariouslyADV 不穩定地
We lived precariously. I suppose I wanted to squeeze as much pleasure from each day as I possibly could. 我們過著動蕩不安的生活。我想我那時候是想從每一天中獲取盡量多的快樂。
3. ADJ Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment. 不穩固的
They looked really comical as they crawled up precarious ladders. 他們爬上搖搖晃晃的梯子時，看起來真滑稽。
4. precariouslyADV 不穩固地
One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper. 我的一衹購物袋還很不牢靠地懸掛在汽車保險杠上。