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单词 perilously
释义
perilously
adverb
uk
/ˈper.əl.əs.li/us
/ˈper.əl.əs.li/
dangerously, or in a way that cancauseproblems:
非常危险地
Shecameperilouslycloseto getting herselfkilledin herattempttobreaktheworldrecord.在试图打破世界纪录的过程中，她险些丧命。
Mr McCain sometimeslooksperilously near tolosinghistemper.麦凯恩先生有时看起来几乎已经到爆发的边缘了。
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  • Theypassedahousewhichseemedtohangperilously onto thehillside.
  • Theoilpriceishoveringperilouslycloseto $100 abarrel.
  • He wasdrivingin perilouslywetconditionsfor the firsttime.
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(Definition ofperilouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofperilously

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However, to have an authority figure require that a patient justify his or her plans comesperilouslyclose to coercion.
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If in addition to it not being removed, village livestock grazing is not restricted, the number of tigers could fall toperilouslylow levels.
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In cultural terms, being unmarked may even seemperilouslyclose to not being at all.
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This collection should add to the former, but it comesperilouslyclose to qualifying for the latter as well.
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Age-resistance is something that comesperilouslynear age-denial.
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The problem with that view is that, even if it avoids reductionism, it comesperilouslyclose to an untenable genetic determinism.
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Even moreperilously, it faced the enormous obstacle of this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot.
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In this article, the author argues that not relieving pain brushesperilouslyclose to willfully inflicting it.
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Opera placed women in an arena that was not onlyperilouslypublic, but also ideologically controversial.
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They adjourn further analysis of such qualities by expressing their distaste for, or at best, faintly embarrassed appreciation of, her intensely personal,perilouslyautobiographical, violently passionate style.
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It isperilouslyeasy to ' forget ' what is of ultimate value, significance, and worth and to substitute what is transient, momentary, merely a matter of social convention and propriety.
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However, when those with sedentary lifestyles reach 70 years the oxygen requirement for basic activities such as brisk walking will beperilouslyclose to the maximum oxygen uptake possible.
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This makes us inescapably andperilouslyvulnerable to obsolescence.
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The massive rundown in our regular forces and their in-house support will stretch our defence capabilitiesperilouslythin.
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A lot of this talk about the sanctity of treaties getsperilouslynear humbug.
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