He was so _____ about table manners that he lost his equanimity when his son reached for the bread.
(A) precarious
(B) fastidious
(C) commodious
(D) presumptuous

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統計： A(64), B(248), C(34), D(24), E(0) #192557

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(A) precarious (B) fastidious (C) commodious (D) presumptuous
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equanimity鎮定

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(A) precarious

1. ADJ-GRADED （局势）不确定的，不稳定的，危险的 If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. 

  • Our financial situation had become precarious.

    我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。

  • ...the Government's precarious position.

    政府的危险处境

precariously

  • The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions.

    今天狩猎采集的生活方式在偏远地区侥幸留存了下来。

precariousness

  • Wells was well aware of the precariousness of human life.

    韦尔斯深知人类生活的不稳定性。

2. ADJ-GRADED 不稳固的；不牢靠的 Something that is precarious is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment. 

  • They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.

    他们顺着摇摇晃晃的梯子往上爬，看起来非常滑稽。

precariously

  • One of my grocery bags was still precariously perched on the car bumper.

    我的一只食品杂货物袋还摇摇欲坠地搭在汽车保险杠上。

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fastidious : excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

equanimity : mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or stress

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