He earned a precarious living as an artist.
作为一个艺术家，他过的是朝不保夕的生活。
The museum is in a financially precarious position.
这家博物馆的财政状况不稳定。
That ladder looks very precarious.
那梯子看来摇摇晃晃的。
The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.
通往海滨的小路在雨天非常湿滑危险。
1.不确定的,靠不住的;危险的,(生活等)不安定的
2.(推测等)可疑的;前提有问题的,根据不充足的
3.〈古〉由他人摆布的
1.likely to change or become dangerous without warning
2.not safe or likely to fall
1.Finally , we've begun to understand, how precarious is the state of our once lucky planet.
最终，我们明白，我们曾经幸运的星球其状态时多么的脆弱。
2.The company has since been losing orders and customers due to its precarious financial situation and the overall global economic downturn.
该公司由于其不稳定的财政状况及全球经济衰退的大环境一直在失去订单和客户。
3.But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position.
但是就在刚刚进入21世纪的几年前，我们发现自己处在了不同以往而并不稳定的位置。
4.A warning voice told him that this campaign, even so far, was too dangerous for a man in his precarious position.
一个声音在告诫着他，这场战役对于他那样一个地位摇摇欲坠的人，即使是不再往下开展，也是极其危险的了。
5.Almost a week later, Trotter faces another consequence of her family's precarious financial condition.
大约一星期后，Trotter又面临家庭财务状况不稳定的另一个后果。
6.Alarm and grief at the crisis in his wife's precarious health were enough to distract Liang.
警报和伤心事在他的妻子不稳定的健康危机对转移两是充足的。
7.More respectable colonists began to arrive, but growth continued to be precarious.
更多可敬的殖民来到这里，但增长仍岌岌可危。
8.For a few weeks in this precarious, partly imaginary warmth, the gods permit you to have your cake and eat it.
在这种部份出于想象，飘忽不定的温暖之中，每年会有几个星期上帝让你兼得鱼与熊掌。
9.As you will know by now the financial state of the world is precarious and collapsing, which will take their power base with it.
正如你们会知道的，到目前为止世界的金融局势是不稳定的和正在崩溃的，这将拿走它们的以它（金融）为基础的权力。
10.Our situation was too precarious: two women trying to get academic jobs in the same place, one with only a temporary visa.
我们那时的状况还很不稳定：两个女人都在努力找份教职工作，一个人的签证还只是临时的。