precarious

🇺🇸 /prɪˈkeriəs/ 🇬🇧 /prɪˈkeəriəs/
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adjective
R

when something is not secure and might very easily or quickly become worse

Their financial situation is pretty precarious.

他们的财务状况相当不稳定。

R

easy to fall or collapse and possibly cause danger

The shelf is loaded with heavy books and is quite precarious.

书架上摆满了重书,非常不稳固。

translation

adj. 不稳定的, 易倒塌的