1.With precarious living conditions, the residents cannot help but steal power from the grid.
岌岌可危的生活环境导致居民们不得不从电网上偷电。
2.She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.
她当小说家，过着不太稳定的生活。
3.He earned a precarious living as an artist .
作为一个艺术家，他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
4.she made a precarious living by writing.
她靠写作过着饔飧不继的日子。
5.I ONCE met a poor colored woman, who earned a precarious living by hard daily labor;
我认识一位黑种妇人，她是做佣工的，生活很艰难；