precarity
noun [ U ] formal uk/prɪˈkeə.rə.ti/ us/prɪˈker.ə.t̬i/
不稳定，不确定
the state of being uncertain or likely to get worse
The older brother raised the younger one, a responsibility that gave him a perpetual sense of life's precarity. 哥哥抚养弟弟，这份责任让他永远感受到生活的朝不保夕。
Despite the looming precarity ahead, I’ve found my time at grad school to be quite rewarding. 尽管前途动荡不定，我仍然觉得在研究生院的学习非常值得。
Synonym: precariousness
（收入、工作的）不稳定
a situation in which someone's job or career is always in danger of being lost
Re-training and lifelong learning schemes are essential tools to combat unemployment and precarity. 再培训和终身学习计划是解决失业和工作不稳定的重要方法。
Ministers must tackle inequity and precarity by strengthening collective bargaining rights so as to relink wages and productivity. 部长们必须通过加强集体谈判权来解决就业不公平和不稳定的问题，以便将工资和生产力重新联系起来。
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- The objective of the report is to chart trends in social precarity in the member states of the European Union.
- Then we discussed some of the social science literature on corporate organization in the context of globalization and precarity of labour.
- They were able to address the wider themes of precarity, economic crisis, and neoliberalism's future.
- The single worst thing for my mental health has been precarity, the uncertainty and stress that comes with living short contract to short contract.