parlous ['pɑ:ləs]

英汉解释

adj. 危险的；狡猾的；不易对付的
adv. 非常地；极度地

同义词

a. perilous，precarious，touch-and-go

参考例句

1. 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。
2. The alternative might be to cede control to the UAW, the second-biggest shareholder, which is hardly blameless for GM's current parlous state.
可供选择的余地也许把权利让与第二大股东——汽车联合工会，对当前通用公司的危急状况，工会几乎不受指责。
3. The fact that this apparently trivial change provoked a riot illustrates the parlous state of China's education system—and the difficulties of reforming it.
这么小的变化引发一场骚乱反映了中国政府教育体系的危险及改革的困难。

英英解释

adj.
  1. fraught with danger

网络释义

parlous
危险的; 靠不住的 危险的; 不易对付的; 危险;
parlous state
危险的状态;
parlous bird
机警的鸟;
Parlous State of Yarn Testing Facilities
长丝测试装置的困境;
fit to kill hell-fired overly parlous to heavens
极度地;