precariously

1. The country swayed precariously between Christianity and paganism.
   这个国家在基督教和异教间摇摆不定。
2. Car horns toot as cyclists dart precariously through the traffic
   骑车人危险地在车流中飞速穿行时，汽车喇叭的嘟嘟声响成一片。
3. They lived precariously on the income from a few small investments.
   他们依靠些微投资中的收入，过着朝不保夕的生活。
4. He was ever a little beforehand and never lived precariously.
   他的收入一向稍多于开支，而从未过拮据的生活。
5. The weatherman's cheery voice came from the TV, precariously perched on a pile of books, the only way she'd yet found for its cable to reach the socket.
   天气预报人员的爽朗声音来自电视，飘摇地栖息在一堆书上，她会发现为了它的缆绳能到达插口的唯一的方式。
6. It shows Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree with an apple dangling precariously above his head.
   标识上是牛顿坐在树下，头上一个苹果摇摇欲坠。
7. Never mind talk of American decline; for the leader of a middle-ranking ally clinging precariously to past glories nothing beats swanking with the most powerful politician on earth.
   别去管什么美国衰落说；对于一个地位不高不低、正摇摇欲坠地抓住往日荣耀的盟国的领导者来说，没有什么比和地球上最具权力的政界人物一起吹嘘炫耀更过瘾了。
8. The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside.
   旅馆危险地坐落在陡峭的山坡上。
9. The bottom half is solidly supported by the underlying demand while the top half is supported more precariously by the rising incomes and contains a large speculative component.
   低端部分受到基本需求的强劲支撑，而高端部分则受收入不断上升的支撑&这种支撑不那么稳定，并包含巨大的投机因素。
10. I remember the one light bulb in the classroom that hung from a long cord attached precariously to the ceiling.
    我记得，教室里只有一盏灯，圆形的灯泡被一根长长的绳子牵着，晃晃悠悠地连在天花板上。
11. The postscript to my wife's pregnancy complications were that she had been precariously close to death because she had eaten too much prawn.
    我妻子的怀孕并发症的补充说明上写着她的生命充满危险，离死亡已经不远了，因为她吃了太多的对虾。
12. For the rest of the journey I sat precariously on the roof of the cabin.
    在以后的航程中，我就一直提心吊胆地坐在船舱的顶上。
13. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
    在令人坐卧不安的一瞬间，馅饼盘悬悬乎乎地停在运河岸边，然而它突然失去了平衡，滑回水中。
14. He balanced precariously on the narrow window-ledge.
    他在狭窄的窗台上很难保持平衡。
15. That they stand erect, balanced precariously on two small platforms;
    人都直立，在鞋的两个小小的高后跟上不稳定地却又能够找到平衡；
16. Unlike in 2001, many economists now seem unusually eager to declare the US precariously near recession.
    与2001年的情况不同，如今，许多经济学家似乎异常渴望宣称美国的经济衰退已迫在眉睫。
17. The handsome young islander balances precariously on top of a skinny matchstick tower that seems to thrust forever from jungle clearing up into blue, blue sky.
    丛林的空地上搭着一座高耸入云的细塔；在塔尖上，这位英俊的当地小伙子小心地保持着平衡。
18. Here where I was in a puny primitive boat poised precariously on the gently heaving breast of the ocean, life was elemental, primeval.
    这一叶简陋的扁舟，浮泛于大海微波荡漾的胸膛上，置身其中，深觉此刻的生命是原始古朴的。
19. The mighty weight of the entire Milky Way teeters precariously on Balanced Rock in Arches National Park.
    深夜里，天空如一块大黑布，银河系里星光熠熠地闪耀着。它的整个重量就这么落在了拱门国家公园里的平衡岩上，像跷跷板一样摇摇晃晃。
20. His name brings to mind images of naked women bound by ropes, often dangling precariously above the floor.
    他给人印象最深的影像就是被绳子捆绑的日本女性，经常在地板上面不稳定地摇摆。
21. She had grown so luminous even Dorothy, perched on her barrel, was precariously spellbound.
    她变得那么容光焕发，使得站在木桶上的多萝茜给危险地迷住了。
22. And his position as leader hangs precariously by a thread.
    他的领导地位已经悬于一线了。
23. He marched us off through the rice fields balancing precariously on narrow dikes separating paddies of mud and dung and water right into the farmyards and courtyards of villages apparently untouched by much technical innovation since the water buffalo.
    他带领我们走过稻田，在满是泥巴、粪肥和水的稻田中间狭窄的堤坝上胆战心惊地保持平衡，来到自水牛出现以后显然便基本未曾受过太多技术变革影响的农场和村庄。
24. A pile of china dishes rested precariously on the head of the acrobat.
    杂技演员头上危险地顶着一叠瓷碟。
25. Indeed, his early commitment has waned as the new money has gushed in, leaving Russia precariously dependent on the oil price.
    事实上，随着新的资金大量投入，他先前所作的承诺已经被他逐渐淡忘了，这使得俄罗斯的经济得依赖于不稳定的油价。
26. He rides his bike in this humble uniform, careening precariously ( and without a helmet) through Manhattan's traffic in search of the perfect shot.
    穿着这种简朴的制服，他骑着单车颤巍巍地穿梭于曼哈顿街头，连头盔都不戴，一心寻找着最佳拍摄镜头。
27. Jean went out, the tray balancing precariously in one hand.
    琼走了出去，一只手端着托盘摇摇晃晃的。
28. According to the prestressed CFRP reinforced belt stick their precariously anchor structure, it is easy to have the problem of detachment, this research subject developed a new type of mechanical anchorage.
    针对外贴预应力CFRP条带加固结构锚固不牢靠，易发生剥离的问题，本研究课题开发出一种新型的机械锚具。

adv

1. in a precarious manner
   1. being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with