parlous

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈpɑː.ləs]
• 美式音标 [ˈpɑːr.ləs]
• 国际音标 ['pɑ:ləs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.危险的；靠不住的；狡猾的
• adv.非常地；极度地

词根记忆

• 和perilous(adj.危险的)一起记

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Many governments across Europe have sworn to do something about the parlous state of their universities.
  欧洲很多国家政府都承诺要为大学的危险状况做出努力。
• To persuade the investors to take on such a tricky job in a country with such parlous politics, the government agreed to forgo its share of the revenues until they had recouped their costs.
  为了说服投资者参与到这个危险的工作中来，而且当时的俄罗斯政治形势又是异常严峻，所以政府就同意放弃了持有股份直到投资方收回成本为止。
• They know this will put further strain on their parlous finances, but shopping is their way of dealing with stress of debt.
  他们知道这会对他们本已危险的财务状况带来压力，但购物却是他们处理债务压力的的方式。

权威例句

• Investors have been willing to put money into this sector, despite its parlous condition.
  FORBES: Tokyo Star Bank's Star Falls
• The IMF highlights several areas of concern, chief among them the parlous state of Iraq's budget.
  ECONOMIST: Struggling to pick up the pieces The

词组短语

短语

• parlous s 危险的
• parlous bird 机警的鸟

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• very bad, dangerous, or uncertain

柯林斯英英字典

• If something is in a parlous state, it is in a bad or dangerous condition.