precariously
adverb
uk/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs.li/us/prɪˈker.i.əs.li/in a way that islikelytofall, bedamaged,fail, etc.:
危险地;不牢靠地;不稳地Hersuitcasewas precariouslybalancedon thetinyluggagerackabove herhead.她的手提箱放在头顶的小行李架上,摇摇晃晃的,很不安全。
Helivedsomewhatprecariously from onedayto the next, neverknowingwhere his nextmealwas coming from.他日子过得很不稳定,吃了上顿难保下顿的。
Unsafe and insecure
- appealingly
- at stakeidiom
- be on the lineidiom
- day
- in the firing lineidiom
- indefensible
- insecure
- insecurely
- insecurity
- shaky
- sketchy
- someone's/something'sdays are numberedidiom
- stake
- struggle
- threat
- threatened
- tippy
- unbalanced
- unstable
- unsupervised