precarious是什么意思_precarious怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

precarious 不稳的，危险的

来自拉丁语precarius,乞求，恳求，乞怜而得，来自拉丁语precari,乞求，要求，恳求，来自PIE*prek,要求，恳求，词源同deprecate,pray.引申词义寄人篱下的，依附于人的，不稳的，危险的等。

precarious: precarious: [17] Precarious comes from Latin precārius (source also of English prayer), which meant ‘obtained by asking or praying’. It was originally used in English as a legal term, in which ‘obtained by asking’ had undergone a slight change in focus to ‘held through the favour of another’. This introduced the notion that the favour might be withdrawn, and that the possession was therefore uncertain, and so the adjective soon came to be used for ‘depending on chance or caprice’ and, in the 18th century, ‘risky’.

Latin precārius was derived from prex ‘prayer’, a close relative of precārī ‘ask, entreat, pray’, from which English gets pray.
=> pray
precarious (adj.): 1640s, a legal word, "held through the favor of another," from Latin precarius "obtained by asking or praying," from prex (genitive precis) "entreaty, prayer" (see pray). Notion of "dependent on the will of another" led to extended sense "risky, dangerous, uncertain" (1680s). "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.

词态变化

比较级 more precarious;
最高级 most precarious;
副词 precariously;
名词 precariousness;

权威造句

1. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.: 他们顺着摇摇晃晃的梯子往上爬，看起来非常滑稽。

2. 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。

3. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.: 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.

4. A soldier leads a very precarious life.: 军人过着非常危险的生活.

5. Washington struck me as a precarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper.: 我的感觉是，在华盛顿出版这样一份理性的报纸不是太靠谱。

近反义词

uncertain 不确定的

dangerous 危险的

shaky 不稳固的

unsafe 不安全的

hazardous 危险的

unsound 腐烂变质的

touchy 易怒的

unsure 不肯定的

critical 批评的

ticklish 难对付的

delicate 微妙的

risky 危险的

slippery 滑的

sticky 粘的

adventurous 爱冒险的

doubtful 可疑的

unstable 不稳定的

perilous 危险的

insecure 不安全的

wobbly 摆动的

unsteady 不稳定的

unwarranted 无根据的

unwarrantable 不能保证的

unjustified 不合理的

unjustifiable 不合道理的

indefensible 不能防守的

touch-and-go 危险的

parlous 危险的

相似短语

precarious right 【法】不确定的财产权, 不确定的权利

precarious employment 不稳定的工作

exterior and interior 表里

exteriorinterior angle 同位角

porphyrio porphyrio phr. 紫水鸡属

posterior centriole 后中心粒

anterior centriole 【医】前中心粒

prior period 前期

periodontal arteriole 牙周小动脉

oriolus oriolus phr. 金黄鹂

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. prex (genitive precis) "entreaty, prayer" (see pray) => precarious.
2. Notion of "dependent on the will of another" led to extended sense "risky, dangerous, uncertain".

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