parlous

大学

a. 危险的, 不易对付的, 精明的, 麻烦的 adv. 非常地, 极度地

发音

UK /ˈpɑːləs/
US /ˈpɑɹləs/

词形变化

more parlous 比较级 most parlous 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

危险的；狡猾的；不易对付的

副词

非常地；极度地

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.

    The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.

  2. 2.

    Appalling, dire, terrible.

    in a parlous state

  3. 3.

    Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

    方言 废旧 罕用
adv.
  1. 1.

    Extremely, very.

    古体

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

perilous precarious touch-and-go

近义相关 2

dangerous unsafe

词源

From Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, [and other forms], a contraction of perilous (“dangerous; dreadful, terrible; morally corrupt, sinful, wicked; inauspicious, unlucky”) (and thus a doublet of perilous), from Old French perilleus, perillos, perillous, perilluse, perilleuse, perilleux (“very dangerous, perilous”) (modern French périlleux), from Latin perīculōsus (“dangerous, hazardous, perilous”), from perīculum (“danger, hazard, peril, risk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, carry forth, try”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives).

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