precarious
音标：
美音：/prɪˈkeriəs/，英音：/prɪˈkeəriəs/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
That has left congressional leaders to walk a precarious tightrope, balancing competing constituencies in the final weeks of the year and facing razor-thin majorities in both chambers.
这让国会领导人走上了不稳定的钢丝，在今年的最后几周平衡竞争的选区，并在两院面临微弱的多数。
—New York Times
If Republican leaders demanded Mr. Santos resign — and he did so — it would prompt a special election in a swing seat, a potential blow to Republicans’ already precarious majority.
如果共和党领导人要求桑托斯先生辞职——他确实这样做了——这将促使举行摇摆席位的特别选举，这可能对共和党本已岌岌可危的多数席位造成打击。
—New York Times
Her early life, financially and emotionally precarious, proved excellent training for the unpredictable life of a writer.
她的早年生活在经济和情感上都不稳定，这证明了她对作家不可预测的生活的极好训练。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
not secure; beset with difficulties
adj. 摇摇欲坠的，不稳固的；（局势）不确定的，危险的
同义词：
shaky,tenuous,unstable,parlous,perilous,touch-and-go
短释义：
Grab for the adjective precarious when something is unstable, dangerous or difficult and likely to get worse. Are you totally broke and the people you owe money to keep calling? You’re in a precarious financial situation!
当某事不稳定、危险或困难并且可能变得更糟时，抓住形容词 precarious 。你是不是完全破产了，而你欠钱的人还不停地打电话？你的财务状况不稳定！
长释义：
The Latin root of precarious means “obtained by asking or praying.” This fits well as precarious always signals that help is needed desperately. If your life is precarious or you are in a precarious situation, things could become difficult, maybe even dangerous, for you. If your footing or hold on something is precarious, it is unstable or not firmly placed, so that you are likely to slip or lose your grip.
不稳定的拉丁词根意思是“通过请求或祈祷获得”。这很适合，因为不稳定总是表明迫切需要帮助。如果你的生活不稳定或你处于不稳定的境地，事情可能会变得困难，甚至可能对你来说是危险的。如果你的立足点或抓住某物不稳定，它不稳定或放置不牢固，那么你很可能会滑倒或失去抓地力。
文学例句：
The only thing to do was shimmy to its precarious end.
唯一能做的就是摇晃到它不稳定的结局。
—Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Performers standing stock-still with elaborate costumes and painted skin on platforms set up in precarious spaces between tents.
表演者穿着精美的服装和彩绘的皮肤站在帐篷之间不稳定空间的平台上。
—The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
“He’s old physically, but ideologically he’s a vigorous young man. He can be depended upon in the most precarious circumstance.”
“他身体老了，思想上却是个朝气蓬勃的年轻人，在最危急的情况下也能靠得住。”
—Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
词源：
precarious (adj.)1640s, a legal word, “held through the favor of another,” from Latin precarius “depending on favor, pertaining to entreaty, obtained by asking or praying,” from prex (genitive precis) “entreaty, prayer” (from PIE root *prek- “to ask, entreat”).The notion of “dependent on the will of another” led to the extended sense “risky, dangerous, hazardous, uncertain” (1680s), but this was objected to. “No word is more unskillfully used than this with its derivatives. It is used for uncertain in all its senses; but it only means uncertain, as dependent on others …” [Johnson]. Related: Precariously; precariousness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
precarious (adj.)1640s，一个法律词，“通过另一个人的恩惠持有”，来自拉丁语 precarius “取决于恩惠，与恳求有关，通过请求或祈祷获得”，来自 prex（属格 precis）“恳求，祈祷” （来自 PIE 词根 *prek-“请求、恳求”）。“依赖于他人的意志”的概念导致了“冒险、危险、危险、不确定”的延伸意义（1680 年代），但这遭到了反对。 “没有比这个及其派生词更不熟练的词了。它在所有意义上都用于不确定；但它仅表示不确定，因为依赖于他人……” [约翰逊]。相关：岌岌可危；不稳定。相关条目及更多
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