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单词 parlous
释义
parlous
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈpɑː.ləs/us
/ˈpɑːr.ləs/
verybad,dangerous, oruncertain:
糟糕的；危险的；不可预测的
Relations between the twocountrieshave been in a parlousstatefor sometime.这两国之间的关系已经僵持了一段时间。
I'd like tobuya newcar, but myfinancesare in such a parlousstatethat I can'taffordto.我想买辆新车，但我的财政状况非常糟糕，买不起。
Synonyms
dodgy(NOT RELIABLE)UKinformal
precarious
touch-and-goinformal
Compare
perilousformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • on/under pain of deathidiom
  • or elseidiom
  • peril
  • perilous
  • perilously
  • precipice
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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(Definition ofparlousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparlous

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This was a strong endorsement of the ensemble's achievements that also drew attention to itsparlousfinancial state.
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A more immediate cause, however, is theparlousstate of writing in these fields.
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But the language is in aparlousstate in schools and society.
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Since they were established en masse in the mostparlousof national economic circumstances, the newlyformed enterprises received only limited state assistance for investment in productive and social infrastructure.
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These writers are representative of a wide discussion of the perceivedlyparlousstate of church psalmody and sight singing but, despite much lamenting, few specific solutions were offered.
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All racing—horse-racing and greyhound racing—is in aparlousstate.
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In this time of stress there are benighted districts, suffering heavily from the toll of unemployment and left in a veryparlousstate.
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The aluminium smelters, and therefore probably the converters as well, are already in aparloussituation without the imposition of this tax.
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It is aparlousstate of affairs when a medical journal can poke cynical fun at academic medical qualifications.
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I cannot believe that factory farmers are in such aparlousstate that retrospective help of this kind must be given.
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Severe hardship is obviously a moreparlousstate than hardship.
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Considering theparlousstate of the coal industry and the necessity for international action, is it not possible to get the coal question expedited?
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Many people in that industry are deeply worried about theparlousfuture that they face.
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Both as a source of new features and as a service centre for making foreign films, the industry is in aparlousstate.
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We need not discuss now theparlousconditions through which the industry has passed and through which to some extent it may still be passing.
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