precarious

precarious

意味(日本語)

不安定な、あてにならない

語源

意味(英語)

  • (adjective) Dangerously lacking in security or stability: a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder.
  • (adjective) Subject to chance or unknown conditions: "His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued” ( Christopher Brooke).
  • (adjective) Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: a precarious solution to a difficult problem.
  • (adjective) Archaic Dependent on the will or favor of another.

例文

  • She could not consent, she said, to dim the prosperities of his career by a union with her future, which she characterized as a precarious thing, a thing for making burdens out of -- but not for his carrying.

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deprecate

deprecate

に不賛成を表明する、に抗議する ◇de(=not)

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imprecate

imprecate

(災い、不幸を)祈り求める、(人を)のろう

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【広告】

imprecation

imprecation

のろい

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pray

pray

祈る、願い求める

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prayer1

prayer1

祈り

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prayer2

prayer2

祈る人

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