precarious
precarious
意味(日本語)
不安定な、あてにならない
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
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)
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
imprecate
imprecate
(災い、不幸を)祈り求める、(人を)のろう
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
imprecation
imprecation
のろい
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
pray
pray
祈る、願い求める
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
prayer1
prayer1
祈り
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)
prayer2
prayer2
祈る人
語源
- prec-, precat- : L.precor=to beg, request(願う、求める)