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词汇 parlous
释义 parlous
adjective
 formaluk /ˈpɑː.ləs/ us /ˈpɑːr.ləs/
very bad, dangerous, or uncertain: 糟糕的;危险的;不可预测的
Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous state for some time.这两国之间的关系已经僵持了一段时间。
I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a parlous state that I can't afford to.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
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perilousformal
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non-lethal
on/under pain of deathidiom
or elseidiom
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someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom
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Uncertainty

Examples of parlous


parlous
This was a strong endorsement of the ensemble's achievements that also drew attention to its parlous financial state.
A more immediate cause, however, is the parlous state of writing in these fields.
But the language is in a parlous state in schools and society.
Since they were established en masse in the most parlous of national economic circumstances, the newlyformed enterprises received only limited state assistance for investment in productive and social infrastructure.
These writers are representative of a wide discussion of the perceivedly parlous state of church psalmody and sight singing but, despite much lamenting, few specific solutions were offered.
All racing—horse-racing and greyhound racing—is in a parlous state.
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In this time of stress there are benighted districts, suffering heavily from the toll of unemployment and left in a very parlous state.
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The aluminium smelters, and therefore probably the converters as well, are already in a parlous situation without the imposition of this tax.
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It is a parlous state 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 a parlous state that retrospective help of this kind must be given.
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Severe hardship is obviously a more parlous state than hardship.
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Considering the parlous state 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 the parlous future 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 a parlous state.
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We need not discuss now the parlous conditions through which the industry has passed and through which to some extent it may still be passing.
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