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

• With the aid of the parton-evolution mechanism, the equations determining the longitudinal momentum distributions of parlous in the quasi-free nucleon are presented;
  借助部分子演化机制，给出了确定准自由核子内部分子纵向动量分布的方程组；
• 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。
• 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。
• The alternative might be to cede control to the UAW, the second-biggest shareholder, which is hardly blameless for GM's current parlous state.
  可供选择的余地也许把权利让与第二大股东&汽车联合工会，对当前通用公司的危急状况，工会几乎不受指责。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is politically impossible for rich country governments to write cheques for any significant amount of money with their finances in as parlous a state as they are today especially in the US, which has turned its back on a global climate agreement before.
  在富国财政处于当今这种拮据状态的情况下，要这些国家的政府开出金额可观的支票，在政治上是不可能的，尤其是在以前曾经拒绝接受全球气候协定的美国。
• 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。