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

• Through analyzing the hadron current tensor for the deep inelastic scattering of leptons from the quasi-free nucleon, we obtained the ralation of transverse momenta of parlous to their longitudinal momentum distributions in the quasi-free nucleon.
  通过对轻子在准自由核子上深度非弹性散射的强子张量进行分析，建立了准自由核子内部分子横向动量与相应部分子纵向动量分布间的关系；
• For Pakistan, a country with parlous public finances already forced to hold back on a planned purchase of three German submarines, China offers a cheaper option and long-term credit.
  因公共财政困境，巴基斯坦此前被迫终止购买三艘德国潜艇。中国为其提供了更廉价的选择和长期信贷。
• 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。
• 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 incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is
  这一事件生动地证明了他们目前的地位多么岌岌可危。
• But this year, thanks to both the parlous state of government finances and renewed attempts to make universities compete among themselves for students, the landscape is significantly different.
  但在今年，由于政府财政不容乐观，政府再次尝试促使高校间为生源展开竞争，如今情况完全不同于以往了。
• A parlous journey on stormy seas.
  在风暴海洋上的一次危险的旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• In spite of the parlous state of the US financial system and the political questions new overseas investments might raise, US banks remain keen to expand their operations in China.
  尽管美国金融体系陷于危险境地，并且新海外投资可能会带来政治问题，但美国的银行还是渴望在中国扩展业务。