touch-and-go

英 [ˌtʌtʃ ən ˈɡəʊ]

美 [ˌtʌtʃ ən ˈɡoʊ]

adj.  不确定; 无把握; 很难说; 吉凶未卜

牛津词典

adj.

• 不确定；无把握；很难说；吉凶未卜
  used to say that the result of a situation is uncertain and that there is a possibility that sth bad or unpleasant will happen
  1. She's fine now, but it was touch-and-go for a while (= there was a possibility that she might die) .
     她现在好了，可是她曾一度病危。

英英释义

adj

• fraught with danger
  1. dangerous waters
  2. a parlous journey on stormy seas
  3. a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
  4. the precarious life of an undersea diver
  5. dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
  Synonym:parlousperilousprecarious

双语例句

• The doctor says that it is touch-and-go whether the patient will survive.
  医生说这个病人是否能救活尚不能确定。
• It had been touch-and-go for him in the hospital, but he had eventually recovered.
  他在医院病情曾很危急，但最终康复了。
• Dangerous waters; a parlous journey on stormy seas; a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat; the precarious life of an undersea diver; dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery.
  危险海域；在风大浪急的海面的危险旅程；用一艘小船穿越大西洋的航行是很危险的；一名海下潜水员的危险生活；危险的手术后是简略的恢复。
• For a brief period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it was touch-and-go.
  从20世纪70年代末到80年代初，时间虽短，却值危急存亡之秋。
• She's fine now, but it was touch-and-go for a while.
  她现在好了，可是她曾一度病危。
• It was touch-and-go whether we should catch the train.
  我们能否赶上火车还很难说。
• It was touch-and-go whether we would get to the airport in time.
  我们是否能按时到机场还很难说。
• It was touch-and-go whether he would get there in time.
  他是否能及时到达那里还很难说。
• For a while last night, it seemed to be touch-and-go.
  昨晚那段时间，可以说是情势危急。