precarious

英 [prɪ'keərɪəs] 美[prɪ'kɛrərɪəs]

• adj. 危险的；不确定的

1. affording no ease or reassurance;

"a precarious truce"

2. 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"

3. dangerously insecure;

"a precarious footing on the ladder"

4. not secure; beset with difficulties;

"a shaky marriage"