precarity
noun[U]
formaluk/prɪˈkeə.rə.ti/us/prɪˈker.ə.t̬i/thestateof beinguncertainorlikelyto getworse:
不稳定，不确定Theolderbrotherraisedtheyoungerone, aresponsibilitythat gave him aperpetualsenseof life's precarity.哥哥抚养弟弟，这份责任让他永远感受到生活的朝不保夕。
Despite theloomingprecarityahead, I’vefoundmytimeatgradschoolto bequiterewarding.尽管前途动荡不定，我仍然觉得在研究生院的学习非常值得。
Synonym
precariousness
asituationin which someone'sjoborcareeris always indangerof beinglost:
（收入、工作的）不稳定Re-training andlifelonglearningschemesareessentialtoolstocombatunemploymentand precarity.再培训和终身学习计划是解决失业和工作不稳定的重要方法。
Ministers musttackleinequityand precarity bystrengtheningcollectivebargainingrightsso as to relinkwagesandproductivity.部长们必须通过加强集体谈判权来解决就业不公平和不稳定的问题，以便将工资和生产力重新联系起来。
- Theobjectiveof thereportis tocharttrendsinsocialprecarity in thememberstatesof theEuropeanUnion.
- Then wediscussedsome of thesocialscienceliteratureoncorporateorganizationin thecontextofglobalizationand precarity oflabour.
- They wereabletoaddressthewiderthemesof precarity,economiccrisis, and neoliberalism'sfuture.
- Thesingleworstthing for mymentalhealthhas been precarity, theuncertaintyandstressthat comes withlivingshortcontracttoshortcontract.
Dangers and threats
- balefully
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- hang oversomething
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- hazmat suit
- on/under pain of deathidiom
- or elseidiom
- parlous
- peril
- perilous
- precipice
- someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
- tombstoning
- triple threat
- ultra-hazardous
- venturesome
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