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1) Экономика: непрочное положение2) Дипломатический термин: опасная обстановка, опасное положение -
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рискованное положение, ненадежное положение, опасное положение, опасная ситуация -
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Англо-русский дипломатический словарь > precarious situation
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4 precarious situation
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > precarious situation
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5 precarious situation
опасная обстановка / -ое положениеEnglish-russian dctionary of diplomacy > precarious situation
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6 be in a precarious situation
Общая лексика: быть в опасном положенииУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > be in a precarious situation
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7 to be in a precarious situation
Общая лексика: быть в опасном положенииУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > to be in a precarious situation
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[prıʹke(ə)rıəs] a1. ненадёжный; сомнительный; случайныйto make a precarious living - жить случайными доходами; кое-как перебиваться
2. рискованный, опасныйprecarious life - жизнь, полная опасности /риска/
precarious foothold - ненадёжная /непрочная, шаткая/ опора
precarious state of health - здоровье, внушающее опасения
3. необоснованныйprecarious argument [assumption] - необоснованный довод [-ое предположение]
4. юр. отзывнойprecarious possession - владение до востребования, отзывное владение
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nситуация; положение; обстановка; состояниеto adjust to the situation — привыкать / приспосабливаться к обстановке
to aggravate the situation — ухудшать / обострять положение, обстановку, усугублять положение
to appraise / to assess the situation — оценивать обстановку
to bring the situation to the attention of the authorities — обращать внимание властей на сложившуюся обстановку
to bring the situation under control — брать ситуацию под контроль; наводить порядок
to bring the military situation into balance — добиваться равновесия в численности войск и в вооружениях
to calm the situation — нормализовать обстановку; разряжать обстановку
to control the situation — контролировать ситуацию; быть хозяином положения
to destabilize the situation — дестабилизировать положение, дестабилизировать обстановку
to escalate / to exacerbate the situation — обострять обстановку
to get more closely acquainted with the realities of the situation — знакомиться с фактическим положением поближе
to get the maximum benefit out of the situation — извлекать максимальную выгоду из сложившейся обстановки
to inflame the situation — обострять обстановку, перен. подливать масла в огонь
to influence a situation — оказывать влияние / влиять на ситуацию
to meet the situation — действовать в соответствии с обстановкой / обстоятельствами
to normalize the situation (in) — нормализовать положение / обстановку (где-л.)
to rectify / to redress the situation — исправлять создавшееся положение
to relieve smb's situation — облегчать чье-л. положение
to review the situation — обозревать / рассматривать положение; анализировать положение
to shoot one's way out of the situation — прибегать к оружию с целью выхода из создавшейся обстановки
- actual situationto stabilize the situation — стабилизировать обстановку / положение
- acute situation
- adjustment of a situation - assessment of the situation
- awkward situation
- commanding situation
- complicated situation
- complication of the international situation
- conflict situation
- confusing situation
- contradictory situation
- crisis situation
- critical situation
- current situation
- dangerous situation
- dead-end situation
- deadlocked situation
- declining security situation
- demographic situation
- deteriorating situation
- disastrous situation
- domestic situation of a country
- domestic situation
- dramatic situation
- economic situation
- emergency situation
- escalating situation
- explosive situation
- extreme situation
- financial situation
- fluid situation
- food situation
- fragile situation
- geographical situation
- give-and-take situation
- grave situation
- gravity of the situation
- grim situation
- health situation
- human rights situation
- improvement of the international situation
- in connection with the existing situation
- in the context of the existing situation
- inflammable situation
- initial situation
- internal situation
- international situation
- irreversible situation
- labor situation
- law-and-order situation
- marginal situations
- measures to deal with the balance of payments situation
- military and political situation
- military situation
- murky situation
- nonstabilized situation
- normalization of the international situation
- no-win situation
- one-against-the-rest situation
- peaceful situation
- political situation
- pre-accord situation
- precarious situation
- pre-crisis situation
- present situation
- present-day situation
- radiation situation
- regional situation - shambolic situation
- shifting situation
- situation becomes clearer
- situation clarifies
- situation deteriorates
- situation eases
- situation gets out of control
- situation goes out of hand
- situation has worsened
- situation is approaching crisis point
- situation is back to normal
- situation is balanced
- situation is calm
- situation is changing
- situation is confused
- situation is critical
- situation is deadlocked
- situation is fragile
- situation is hazardous
- situation is in turmoil
- situation is pregnant with peril
- situation is quiet
- situation is returning to normal
- situation is ripe for further conflict
- situation is tense
- situation is uncertain
- situation is under control
- situation now is a far cry from what it was
- situation of neither war, nor peace
- situation of despair
- situation settles down
- situation there goes largely unreported
- socio-economic situation
- socio-political situation
- special situation
- specific situation
- stalemate situation
- strategic situation
- subordinate situation
- tense situation
- threat situation
- uncertain situation
- uncontrollable situation
- unequal situation
- ungovernable situation
- unsatisfactory situation
- unstable situation
- violent situation
- volatile situation
- vulnerable situation
- warlike situation
- world situation
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n1) ситуация, обстановка, положение (дел)2) место, служба, работа
- actual situation
- business situation
- conflict situation
- credit situation
- delivery situation
- detrimental situation
- economic situation
- favourable situation
- financial situation
- financing situation
- general economic situation
- macroeconomic situation
- manpower situation
- market situation
- material situation
- monetary situation
- overall situation
- precarious situation
- price situation
- satisfactory situation
- serious situation
- socioeconomic situation
- supply situation
- supply-demand situation
- tense situation
- unforeseen situation
- unstable situation
- unstable market situation
- situation on the market
- situations required
- situations vacant
- situations wanted
- aggravate the situation
- apply for a situation
- clarify the situation
- ease the situation
- hold a situation
- improve the situation
- look for a situation
- normalize the situation
- rectify the situation
- remedy the situation
- review the situation
- save the situation
- study the situation
- survey the situation
- verify the situationEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > situation
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12 precarious
prɪˈkɛərɪəs прил.
1) ненадежный, непрочный;
шаткий;
зависящий от непредвиденных обстоятельств They afforded them but a scanty and precarious support. ≈ Они предоставили им лишь скудные и ненадежные средства к существованию. His health was infirm and his life precarious. ≈ Его здоровье было слабым и жизнь полна неопределенности. Syn: insecure, incertain Ant: firm, safe, stable, steady
2) а) безосновательный, голословный, необоснованный, неосновательный artificial and precarious hypothesis ≈ искусственная и безосновательная гипотеза It is quite unproved, quite precarious from beginning to end. ≈ Это совершенно не доказано, совершенно необоснованно с начало, до конца. His mode of proof is precarious and unsatisfactory. ≈ Его способ доказательства голословен и неудовлетворителен. Syn: unfounded, doubtful, uncertain б) подозрительный, сомнительный Syn: dubious
3) опасный, рискованный precarious financial position ≈ рискованная финансовая позиция There are so many rocks under water, that navigation is very precarious. ≈ Под водой столько подводных скал, что навигация очень опасна. Syn: dangerous, perilous, risky ненадежный;
сомнительный;
случайный - * inference сомнительный вывод - to make a * living жить случайными доходами;
кое-как перебиваться рискованный, опасный - * life жизнь, полная опасности /риска/ - * foothold ненадежная /непрочная, шаткая/ опора - * state of health здоровье, внушающее опасения - to be in a * situation быть в опасном положении необоснованный - * argument необоснованный довод (юридическое) отзывной - * possession владение до востребования, отзывное владение ~ случайный;
ненадежный, сомнительный;
to make a precarious living жить случайными доходами, кое-как перебиваться precarious необоснованный ~ рискованный, опасный ~ случайный;
ненадежный, сомнительный;
to make a precarious living жить случайными доходами, кое-как перебиватьсяБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > precarious
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13 угрожающее положение
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > угрожающее положение
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1. a хитрый, коварный; ловкий; искусныйas tricky as a monkey — проказливый; хитрый; зловредный
2. a хитрый, коварный, каверзный3. a щекотливый4. a ненадёжный; коварный5. a мудрёный, хитрыйtricky lock — «хитрый» замок; замок с секретом
6. a сложный, запутанный; трудныйСинонимический ряд:1. deceitful (adj.) deceitful; deceptive; misleading2. precarious (adj.) complex; complicated; critical; delicate; difficult; elaborate; intricate; precarious; sensitive; touch-and-go; touchy3. rough (adj.) rough; sticky; tight4. sly (adj.) artful; astute; cagey; crafty; cunning; deep; foxy; guileful; insidious; quick-witted; scheming; slippery; sly; subdolous; subtle; vulpine; wily5. trick (adj.) trick; undependable; unreliable6. unstable (adj.) rocky; ticklish; unstableАнтонимический ряд:candid; forthright; simple -
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1. a неуклюжий, неловкий; нескладный2. a неудобный3. a неловкий, неудобный; затруднительный4. a разг. опасный; трудныйСинонимический ряд:1. bulky (adj.) bulky; cumbersome; cumbrous; unmanageable; unwieldy2. bumbling (adj.) bumbling; gauche; halting; ham-handed; heavy-handed; unhandy; unskilful; wooden3. clumsy (adj.) bungling; clumsy; lumbering; lumpish; maladroit; splathering; splay; uncoordinated; ungraceful4. difficult (adj.) difficult; troublesome; trying5. hazardous (adj.) dangerous; hazardous; perilous; precarious6. inconvenient (adj.) discommoding; discommodious; embarrassing; incommodious; inconvenient; mortifying7. inexpert (adj.) inapt; inexperienced; inexpert; unpolished; unskillful; untrained8. infelicitous (adj.) graceless; ill-chosen; inappropriate; inept; infelicitous; unfortunate; unhappy9. inopportune (adj.) annoying; disagreeable; inauspicious; inopportune; touchy; unpleasant; untimely10. uncouth (adj.) coarse; crude; gawky; ham-fisted; rough; rude; uncouth; ungainly11. uneasy (adj.) constrained; uncomfortable; uneasyАнтонимический ряд:adept; adroit; apt; artful; clever; comfortable; deft; dexterous; easy; expert; graceful; handy; manageable; neat; polished; refined; skillful -
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1. a боящийся щекотки, чувствительный к щекоткеticklish person — человек, боящийся щекотки
2. a деликатный, щекотливый, трудный3. a непрочный, шаткий, неустойчивый4. a чувствительный, обидчивыйСинонимический ряд:1. inconstant (adj.) capricious; changeable; fickle; inconsistent; inconstant; lubricious; mercurial; temperamental; uncertain; variable; volatile2. touchy (adj.) acute; delicate; hypersensitive; irritable; oversensitive; painful; precarious; sensitive; sore; tender; thin-skinned; touch-and-go; touchy; unsteady3. unstable (adj.) rocky; tricky; unstable -
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1. a неустойчивый, неустановившийся2. a неуспокоившийся; беспокойный; неуравновешенный3. a нерешённый, неурегулированный4. a неоплаченный5. a незаселённыйСинонимический ряд:1. back (adj.) back; frontier; outlandish; remote2. changeable (adj.) alterable; changeable; changeful; fluid; irresolute; mobile; mutable; protean; shaky; uncertain; undependable; unstable; unsteady; vacillating; variable; wavering; weathery3. concerned (adj.) anxious; concerned; disquieted; distressed; nervous; troubled; worried4. doubtful (adj.) ambiguous; borderline; chancy; clouded; doubtable; doubtful; dubious; dubitable; equivocal; fishy; impugnable; indecisive; indefinite; indeterminate; open; pendent; pending; precarious; problematic; problematical; queasy; questionable; shady; suspect; suspicious; unclear; undecided; undetermined; unresolved; unsure; vague5. due (adj.) due; mature; outstanding; overdue; owed; owing; payable; receivable; unpaid6. restless (adj.) discomfited; restless; uneasy; unpeaceful; unquiet; unrestful; untranquil7. untidy (adj.) discomposed; disturbed; murky; untidy; upset8. disordered (verb) deranged; disarranged; disarrayed; disjointed; dislocated; disordered; disorganised; disorganized; disrupted; distempered; disturbed; jumbled; mess up; messed up; mix up; mixed up; muddled; mussed up; rummaged; shuffled; sickened; tumbled; turned; unhinged; unsettled; upset9. rocked (verb) agitated; bothered; discomposed; dismayed; disquieted; disturbed; flurried; flustered; perturbed; rocked; ruffled; shook; tossedАнтонимический ряд:certain; clarified; cleared; peaceful; secure; settled; stable; steady
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precarious — pre|car|i|ous [prıˈkeəriəs US ˈker ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: precarius got by asking, uncertain ] 1.) a precarious situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse ▪ Her health remained precarious, despite… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national … Collocations dictionary
precarious — adj. Precarious is used with these nouns: ↑balance, ↑existence, ↑finance, ↑hold, ↑position, ↑situation … Collocations dictionary
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