Precarious

(adj.) affording no ease or reassurance; 'a precarious truce' .

(adj.) not secure; beset with difficulties; 'a shaky marriage' .

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• We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The possession, even of such farmers, however, was long extremely precarious, and still is so in many parts of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Now that Sheridan was safe and Hampton free to return to Richmond with his cavalry, Wilson's position became precarious. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The crop, too, at least in the hop and fruit garden, is more precarious. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• One's safest course that day was to clasp a railing and hang on; walking was too precarious a pastime. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Getty was somewhat isolated from Warren and was in a precarious condition for a time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The independence of Judea was always a qualified and precarious thing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Wherever he went he made friends, and their influence was constantly helping him forward on what must have been a somewhat precarious career. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It is interesting to know something of the precarious entry of this machine and something of the dark background from which it emerged. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Matters seemed tending worse and worse with him, and the situation of the Howe family in London, almost penniless, grew daily more and more precarious. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• As the time so passed, this slinking business became a more and more precarious one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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