| 词汇 | perilously |
| 释义 | perilously adverb uk /ˈper.əl.əs.li/ us /ˈper.əl.əs.li/ dangerously, or in a way that can cause problems: 非常危险地 She came perilously close to getting herself killed in her attempt to break the world record.在试图打破世界纪录的过程中，她险些丧命。 Mr McCain sometimes looks perilously near to losing his temper.麦凯恩先生有时看起来几乎已经到爆发的边缘了。 See perilous They passed a house which seemed to hang perilously onto the hillside. The oil price is hovering perilously close to $100 a barrel. He was driving in perilously wet conditions for the first time. Dangers and threats balefully baneful banefully black spot hang hang over something hazard hazardous hazardously non-lethal on/under pain of deathidiom or elseidiom parlous parlously someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom tombstoning treacherously triple threat ultra-hazardous venturesome Examples of perilouslyperilously However, to have an authority figure require that a patient justify his or her plans comes perilously close to coercion. If in addition to it not being removed, village livestock grazing is not restricted, the number of tigers could fall to perilously low levels. In cultural terms, being unmarked may even seem perilously close to not being at all. This collection should add to the former, but it comes perilously close to qualifying for the latter as well. Age-resistance is something that comes perilously near age-denial. The problem with that view is that, even if it avoids reductionism, it comes perilously close to an untenable genetic determinism. Even more perilously, it faced the enormous obstacle of this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot. In this article, the author argues that not relieving pain brushes perilously close to willfully inflicting it. Opera placed women in an arena that was not only perilously public, but also ideologically controversial. They adjourn further analysis of such qualities by expressing their distaste for, or at best, faintly embarrassed appreciation of, her intensely personal, perilously autobiographical, violently passionate style. It is perilously easy 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. However, when those with sedentary lifestyles reach 70 years the oxygen requirement for basic activities such as brisk walking will be perilously close to the maximum oxygen uptake possible. This makes us inescapably and perilously vulnerable to obsolescence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The massive rundown in our regular forces and their in-house support will stretch our defence capabilities perilously thin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of this talk about the sanctity of treaties gets perilously near humbug. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of perilously These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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