parlous

英 [ˈpɑːləs]

美 [ˈpɑːrləs]

adj.  恶劣的; 动荡的; 危险的

GRE

BNC.33017 / COCA.38676

牛津词典

adj.

• 恶劣的；动荡的；危险的
  very bad and very uncertain; dangerous

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 恶劣的；危险的
  If something is in aparlousstate, it is in a bad or dangerous condition.
  1. ...the parlous state of our economy.
     我们经济的严峻形势

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:perilousprecarioustouch-and-go

双语例句

• Given the parlous state of the European car market, this would not seem a sensible moment to launch a new car brand.
  鉴于欧洲汽车市场的糟糕现状，当前或许并不是推出一个新汽车品牌的合适时点。
• In other words, I am in a parlous state, I am getting old, and there's nothing to be done about it.
  换句话说，我正处于危险的状态，正在变老，并且无法挽回。
• Despite the parlous state of the roads, which are littered with the debris of head-on collisions, he does not grumble much.
  尽管路况十分危险，常常会有车辆迎头相撞留下的残骸，他却并没有什么抱怨。
• 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。
• A parlous journey on stormy seas.
  在风暴海洋上的一次危险的旅行。
• The parlous state of the world economy could mean more shipping companies following Eastwind Maritime, which went bankrupt in June.
  在危机四伏的世界经济环境中，更多的船运公司有可能步美国东风海事公司的后尘，后者已在今年六月份破产。
• If it were ever to default, the result would be disaster for virtually all other governments, many of which are in a more parlous fiscal state than the US in any case.
  倘若它决定违约，其结果对其它所有政府几乎都是灾难性的许多政府的财政状况都比美国更危险。
• There have five rooms two parlous and two toilets.
  在那里有五个房间二危险的和二厕所。
• The parlous state of China's health-care system has also given a powerful boost to religion.
  危险的中国医疗体系也加速宗教力量的发展。
• But things are not as parlous as they sound.
  不过事情其实并没有听上去那么危险。