precarious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/    美 /pɹɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous. comparable
    — One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
  2. Relating to incipient caries. not-comparable
  3. Depending on the intention of another.

词形变化

more precarious comparative most precarious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
bioprecarity precariat precariously precariousness precarisation precarity precarization unprecarious
相关词
pray

词源

词源 1
From Latin precārius (“begged for, obtained by entreaty”), from prex, precis (“prayer”). Compare French précaire, Portuguese precário, and Spanish and Italian precario.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English carious
English precarious
From pre- + carious.
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