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

• 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。
• 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。
• A parlous journey on stormy seas.
  在风暴海洋上的一次危险的旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 the 1970s, DFI developed in the parlous state of financial relations, which is considered as a vital tool to avoid risks, with the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System, the suddenly-erupted worldwide oil crisis, and the violently fluctuated interest rates and exchange rate.
  20世纪70年代，在布雷顿森林体系解体、世界性石油危机爆发、利率和汇率剧烈波动的异常经济环境下，衍生金融工具作为规避风险的重要工具逐渐发展起来。