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单词 precariousness
释义
precariousness
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs.nəs/us
/prɪˈker.i.əs.nəs/
theconditionof beinglikelytofailor getworse:
不稳定、不确定的状态
She wasblissfullyunawareof the precariousness of hersituation.她幸福地没有意识到自己处境的危险。
Some sayinvestorsexaggeratethe industry's precariousness.有人说投资者夸大了该行业的不稳定性。
Synonym
precarity
thedangerousstateof not being in asafepositionor not beingheldinplacefirmly:
I wasworriedabout the precariousness of thepileofplatesthewaiterwascarrying.
See
precarious
More examples
  • Hecloseswith ameditationon the precariousness oflife.
  • Statewideblackoutsdrovehomethe precariousness of California'senergysituation.
  • The precariousness of mypostureon theledgebothersthem.
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Unsafe and insecure
(Definition ofprecariousnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
precariousness
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs.nəs/us
/prɪˈker.i.əs.nəs/
theconditionof beinglikelytofailor getworse
不稳定、不确定的状态
She wasblissfullyunawareof the precariousness of hersituation.她幸福地没有意识到自己处境的危险。
Some sayinvestorsexaggeratethe industry's precariousness.有人说投资者夸大了该行业的不稳定性。
Synonym
precarity
See
precarious
More examples
  • Hecloseswith ameditationon the precariousness oflife.
  • Statewideblackoutsdrovehomethe precariousness of California'senergysituation.
  • The precariousness of mypostureon theledgebothersthem.

Examplesofprecariousness

precariousness
Theprecariousnessof the whole edifice was made clear to all who cared to look in the early 1770s.
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The intervention of trade unions in this power relationship has created a wide variation in the degree ofprecariousnessexperienced by workers.
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For this set of convents, their problems were also exacerbated by the peculiarities of their status on the continent, and theprecariousnessof their survival.
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It was bedevilled by unemployment, social exclusion and a growing sense ofprecariousnessand inequality.
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The third is 'precariousness', or its position relative to the thresholds - the unstable manifolds between stability domains.
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Perhaps more importantly as regards poverty alleviation policy, results indicate that the poor-soils group may suffer a broadprecariousnessof livelihood.
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For these workers, loss of work identity is compounded by expressions of fear, humiliation and personal and socialprecariousness.
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The vulnerability of a system involves bothprecariousnessand panarchy.
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The period witnessed repeated cyclical depression, bankruptcies, and harvest failures which made contemporaries aware of theprecariousnessof survival.
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His lifelong predisposition, as a composer, was to represent theprecariousnessof any human happiness.
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The final section reveals the diverse strategies by which people try to struggle against the problems ofprecariousnessand marginality.
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This balance is probably changing, with the increasingprecariousnessof both public and occupational welfare in the ' post-bubble ' economy.
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Covering a span of over 50 years and with a large cast of characters, the diary offers constant reminders of theprecariousnessof late eighteenth-century existence.
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The high mortality of children under a year old was accompanied by an unusually high early childhood mortality rate, which reflected theprecariousnessof living conditions.
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A distinction was made between the security and permanence of investment income and the insecurity andprecariousnessof income from employment.
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