precariously
adv. 不安全地; 危险地; 碰机会地; 不稳定地
If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment.
Our financial situation had become precarious.
我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
...the Government's precarious position.
政府的危险处境
Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment.
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。
1. in a precarious manner;
Car horns toot as cyclists dart precariously through the traffic.
骑车人危险地在车流中飞速穿行时,汽车喇叭的嘟嘟声响成一片。
The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions.
今天狩猎采集的生活方式在偏远地区侥幸留存了下来。
The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside.
旅馆危险地坐落在陡峭的山坡上.
The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.
电话放在窗台上,摇摇欲坠.
He was ever a little beforehand and never lived precariously.
他的收入一向稍多于开支,而从未过拮据的生活.