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

• What is even more difficult to understand is why the IMF is now also proposing that Greece should apply more of the same policy prescriptions that have brought its economy to its current parlous state.
  更加难以理解的是，imf为何现在还在提议，希腊应更多地采用令该国经济陷入目前危险境地的那些政策处方。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。