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| | precarious | (พรีแค'เรียส) adj. ไม่แน่นอน, ไม่มั่นคง, ไม่ปลอดภัย, ล่อแหลม, อันตราย, เสี่ยง, ไม่เพียงพอ, See also: precariousness n. |
| | precarious | (adj) ไม่คงทน, ล่อแหลม, ใกล้อันตราย, ำ่ากลัว, เสี่ยง |
| | | | | Precarious | a. [ L. precarius obtained by begging or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another, fr. precari to pray, beg. See Pray. ] 1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes. “Intervals of partial and precarious liberty.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious; equivocal. -- Precarious, Uncertain. Precarious in stronger than uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari, it first signified “granted to entreaty, ” and, hence, “wholly dependent on the will of another.” Thus it came to express the highest species of uncertainty, and is applied to such things as depend wholly on future casualties. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 危如累卵 | [wēi rú lěi luǎn, ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ, 危 如 累 卵] precarious as pile of eggs (成语 saw); ready to fall and break at any moment; in a dangerous state #129,061 [Add to Longdo] | | 危若朝露 | [wēi ruò zhāo lù, ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄠ ㄌㄨˋ, 危 若 朝 露] precarious as morning due (成语 saw); unlikely to last out the day #958,021 [Add to Longdo] |
| | 危うい | [あやうい, ayaui] (adj-i) (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 危ない | [あぶない, abunai] (adj-i) (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow; (int) (5) look out!; watch out!; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 浮き草;浮草;浮き萍;萍 | [うきくさ, ukikusa] (n) (1) floating weed; (2) (uk) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); (adj-no) (3) precarious; unstable [Add to Longdo] | | 浮き草稼業 | [うきぐさかぎょう, ukigusakagyou] (n) precarious trade [Add to Longdo] | | 浮き草稼業 | [うきぐさかぎょう, ukigusakagyou] (n) precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade [Add to Longdo] | | 浮草稼業 | [うきぐさかぎょう, ukigusakagyou] (n) precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade [Add to Longdo] | | 風前の灯;風前のともし火;風前のともしび;風前の灯火 | [ふうぜんのともしび, fuuzennotomoshibi] (n) precarious situation; precarious state [Add to Longdo] |
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