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基本双解英英词源记法近义反义句型例句Thesaurus例句
adj.不稳定的⁸⁵;不安全的¹⁵副词precariously名词precariousness
危险结实，稳固
adj.形容词
不安全的;不稳定的unsafe;unsteady
Adjective:
affording no ease or reassurance;a precarious truce 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 not secure; beset with difficulties;a shaky marriage 来自拉丁语形容词precarius不确定的，不牢靠的，其中词根prec-来自拉丁语动词precari请求，和pray祈祷、祈求词源相关。罗马帝国初期，政府按照土地的面积而非收成来对农民征税。因此，在歉收之年，很多农民因为交不起税而被迫把土地转让给享有免税特权的大贵族，而这些贵族则承诺将这些土地作为礼物回赠给农民，让他们可以继续耕种土地。在拉丁语中，土地转让给贵族后，农民对土地的产权就被称为precarium不确定占有，意思就是“通过请求而得到的”。由于农民能否继续占有土地完全取决于贵族的心意，所以这种产权是不确定的，不牢靠的。从precarium衍生出形容词precarius，意思就是“不稳当的，不牢靠的”，进入英语后拼写改为precarious。钱博士prec祈求+arious形容词后缀，等于ary+ous→通过祈求得到的⇒不牢靠的，不稳当的
词根prec-祈求，恳求来自拉丁语，常见单词pray祈求就来自它的法语音变。
词源解释来自拉丁语。罗马帝国初期，政府按照土地的面积而非收成来对农民征税。因此，在歉收之年，很多农民因为交不起税而被迫把土地转让给享有免税特权的大贵族，而这些贵族则承诺将这些土地作为礼物回赠给农民，让他们可以继续耕种土地。在拉丁语中，土地转让给贵族后，农民对土地的产权就被称为precarium不确定占有，意思就是“通过祈求而得到的产权”。由于农民能否继续占有土地完全取决于贵族的心意，所以这种产权是不确定的，不牢靠的。从precarium衍生出形容词precarius，意思就是“不稳当的，不牢靠的”，进入英语后拼写改为precarious。GRE红宝书pre前, car = care小心, ious－要预先小心－危险的pre前, car, ious: 前面有很多车－危险的
pre + care 预先小心→因为危险
pre前+car=care小心+ious→要预先小心→危险的prec祈求+arious形容词后缀，等于ary(ouS,)→通过祈求得到的⇒不牢靠的，不稳当的。联想记忆pre在前面＋car汽车-ious…的→坐在汽车前面→不安全的联想记忆pre前+ car汽车+ ious → 在汽车前面 ⇒危险的GRE难词记忆precarious→pre+car+ious→car→不稳的汽车近义词 sticky粘的risky危险的touchy易怒的slippery滑的wobbly摆动的shaky不稳固的parlous危险的unsafe不安全的unsure不肯定的critical批评的delicate微妙的doubtful可疑的perilous危险的dangerous危险的hazardous危险的ticklish难对付的unstable不稳定的insecure不安全的unsteady不稳定的uncertain不确定的unsound腐烂变质的touch-and-go危险的adventurous爱冒险的unwarranted无根据的unjustified不合理的indefensible不能防守的unwarrantable不能保证的unjustifiable不合道理的
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.A soldier leads a very precarious life.军人过着非常危险的生活。
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词She makes a ratherprecariousliving as a novelist.作为小说家，她过着不太稳定的生活。
Our financial situation is stillprecarious.我们的财政状况仍不稳定。
What aprecarioussituation we were in when the avalanche started!雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊！
He was unable to get down from hisprecariousposition on the rocks.他无法从岩石危险的位置上下来。adj.tricky, doubtful
同义词 dangerous,delicate,dicey,hazardous,insecure,perilous,problematic,risky,rocky,shaky,slippery,ticklish,touchy,uncertain,unhealthy,unreliable,unsettled,unstable,unsteadyambiguous,borderline,chancy,contingent,dubious,dynamite,equivocal,hairy,hanging by a thread,iffy,impugnable,indecisive,loaded,on thin ice,open,out on a limb,rugged,sensitive,touch and go,unsafe,unsure
反义词 certain,definite,guarded,happy,healthy,protected,reliable,safe,secure,settled,stable,steady,strong,surefirm,undoubted
chancyadjective dangerous, risky
capricious,contingent,dicey,erratic,fluctuant,fluky,hazardous,iffy,incalculable,problematic,problematical,rocky,speculative,ticklish,touchy,tricky,uncertain,unpredictable,unsound,whimsical
criticaladjective urgently important
acute,all-important,bottom-line,climacteric,conclusive,consequential,crucial,dangerous,deciding,decisive,desperate,determinative,dire,exceptive,grave,hairy,hazardous,high-priority,integral,momentous,perilous,pivotal,precarious,pressing,risky,serious,significant,strategic,urgent,vital,weighty
dangerousadjective hazardous, troubling
alarming,bad,breakneck,chancy,critical,dangersome,deadly,delicate,dynamite,exposed,fatal,formidable,hairy,heavy,hot,impending,impregnable,insecure,jeopardous,loaded,malignant,menacing,mortal,nasty,no-go,on collision course,parlous,perilous,portentous,precarious,pressing,queasy,risky,serious,serpentine,shaky,speculative,terrible,thorny,threatening,ticklish,touch-and-go,touchy,treacherous,ugly,unhealthy,unsafe,unstable,urgent,viperous,vulnerable,wicked
delicateadjective difficult, sticky(situation)
critical,hair-trigger,precarious,sensitive,ticklish,touchy,tricky,uncertain,unpredictable,volatile
doubtfuladjective questionable, unclear
ambiguous,borderline,chancy,clouded,contingent,debatable,dicey,disreputable,doubtable,dubious,dubitable,equivocal,far-fetched,fat chance,fishy,hazardous,hazy,iffy,impugnable,inconclusive,indecisive,indefinite,indeterminate,indistinct,insecure,long shot,obscure,on thin ice,open,pending,precarious,problematic,shady,sneaky,speculative,suspect,suspicious,touch-and-go,touchy,uncertain,unconfirmed,undecided,uneasy,unsettled,unstable,unsure,up for grabs
hazardousadjective dangerous, unpredictable
chancy,dicey,difficult,hairy,haphazard,hot,insecure,parlous,perilous,precarious,risky,touchy,uncertain,unhealthy,unsafe,unsound,venturesome,wicked As The Economist went to press, Mr Wolfowitz still had his job, but his position was precarious and his institution paralysed.
《经济学家》出版之际，沃尔福威茨先生仍保着自己的位子，但已经岌岌可危了。而且世行也陷于瘫痪。 ecocn
The fate of Reading East is more precarious.
雷丁东区的形势更加岌岌可危。 ecocn
The currency peg is open to speculative attack, so its exchange-rate stability is precarious; yet to preserve it, the country has had to sacrifice an independent monetary policy.
汇率挂钩向投机性攻击敞开了大门，所以汇率的稳定性岌岌可危；如果要继续盯住，那么不得不牺牲独立的货币政策。 ecocn
The position of oil importers is more precarious.
石油进口国的处境则更加危险。 ecocn
The supply- route troubles are yet another sign of the precarious relationships that the United States and its allies must maintain to continue the fight in Afghanistan.
供给线路的麻烦也是危险关系的另一种信号，但美国及其盟友必须保持在阿富汗的持续战斗。 yeeyan
The two of the two is a precarious notion of rendition of self.
两个人而非我们是一种很危险的概念，很可怕的真我演奏。 blog.sina.com.cn
These recent killings are just part of a spate of poaching in Kenya, and point to the precarious situation facing Africa’s elephants.
最近的这些杀戮只是肯尼亚一连串偷猎活动的一部分，表明非洲大象正面临岌岌可危的形势。 yeeyan
Viewed from another perspective, tuberculosis has again placed the world in a precarious situation.
从另一个角度来看，世界再次因结核病而处于一种危险境地。 who
Before you answer, consider this: Two weeks ago, I alerted members of The Oxford Club to the precarious position of Chinese equities.
在你回答之前先考虑一下：两个星期前，我提醒牛津俱乐部的会员，要注意中国股市的不确定性。 yeeyan
But even then, she cautions that you're walking a precarious line.
即使如此，她也顾虑你走在一条岌岌可危的路上。 yeeyan
But the site's survival is precarious: sewage runoff and irrigation have affected the underground reservoir beneath the crypts, eroding their stone foundations.
但该遗址眼下岌岌可危：污水横流，作物灌溉已经影响了墓穴下的蓄水池，侵蚀了石头围基。 yeeyan
Even when I was holding onto a towel rack, the situation felt precarious.
当我即使只是拿着一个毛巾架的时候，蹲着我还是觉得有些危险。 yeeyan
International relations expert Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Bilgi University said this has put Turkey in a precarious position.
伊斯坦布尔比尔基大学国际关系专家厄泽尔表示，这种情况将土耳其置于危险的境地。 ebigear
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。 yeeyan
Their precarious financial position leaves localities more dependent, not less, on the goodies Tokyo is minded to hand out, reinforcing patronage in many places.
它们危险的财务状况使当地政府进一步依赖于而非脱离东京有意分发的糖果，在很多地方稳固了赞助人的地位。 ecocn
Then we precarious moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then limped away, still smiling and waving back to me.
这时，我们蹒跚地向人行道走去，她把我的脸拉向她的脸，在我两颊上各吻了一下，然后一瘸一拐地离开了，还不时地回头向我微笑和挥手。 ebigear |