parlous是一個英語單詞,主要用作形容詞和副詞。作形容詞時,其含義包括‘危險的’‘狡猾的’或‘不易對付的’;作副詞時意為‘非常地’或‘極度地’。該詞源自古法語和中古英語,是“perilous”的變體。在正式語境中,常用於描述危險狀態或複雜困境。其發音在英式英語中為/ˈpɑː.ləs/,美式英語中為/ˈpɑːr.ləs/。
基本介紹
- 發音:英/ˈpɑː.ləs/ 美/ˈpɑːr.ləs/
- 詞性:形容詞、副詞
- 詞源:中古英語對perilous的變體
- 近義詞:dangerous、precarious
- 反義詞:safe
- 形近詞:carious、uproarious
詞性與含義
- 形容詞:
- 描述事物處於危險、不穩定或困境中(如“parlous economic times”);
- 過時用法中可表示“狡猾的”;
- 副詞:用於強調程度,相當於“極度地”(如“parlous cold”)。
發音信息
- 英式發音:/ˈpɑː.ləs/,分為兩個音節:par-lous;
- 美式發音:/ˈpɑːr.ləs/,音節劃分與英式一致。
詞源與演變
近義詞與反義詞
- 近義詞:dangerous(危險的)、unsafe(不安全的)、precarious(不穩定的)、dire(可怕的)、perilous(冒險的);
- 反義詞:safe(安全的);
- 聯想詞:dismal(淒涼的)、wretched(可憐的)、abysmal(極糟的)、perilous(危險的)、dreadful(可怕的)。
形近詞辨析
- carious(齲齒的/腐爛的);
- uproarious(喧鬧的);
- various(多樣的)。
用法示例
- 描述經濟或社會危機(如“parlous state of public finances”);
- 修飾複雜的人際關係(如“parlous diplomatic ties”);
- 比喻性表達中強調危險性(如“parlous bird”指危險的鳥類)。截止到2025年,該詞在學術文獻和新聞報導中仍常見於描述經濟困境等場景。
雙語例句
- The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is. 這一事件生動地證明了他們目前的地位多么岌岌可危。
- For a long time, the parlous state of the economy was the main issue. 長期以來,危機四伏的經濟一直人們關注的重心。
- But parlous public finances may force politicians to face up to awkward choices. 但是難以對付的公共財政可能會迫使政客們面臨棘手的選擇。
- Given the parlous state of Congo's judiciary, raising the number of prosecutions may not help. 由於剛果司法正處於險境,增加起訴數量應該沒什麼用。
- China's water supply, too, is in a parlous state, thanks to ever-increasing industrial and agricultural use. 中國的水供應也是危機四伏,這是因為不斷增長的工業和農業用水。
- With the economy close to stagnation and the public finances in a parlous state, a spur to demand would be welcome. 隨著經濟接近停滯和財政狀況處在危險中,刺激需求將受到歡迎。
- They know this will put further strain on their parlous finances, but shopping is their way of dealing with stress of debt. 他們知道這會對他們本已危險的財務狀況帶來壓力,但購物卻是他們處理債務壓力的的方式。
- These Kinetoscope arcades were modeled on phonograph parlous, which had proven successful for Edison several years earlier. 這些電影播放廳是仿照留聲機播放廳設計的,這也證明了愛迪生前幾年的設計非常成功。
- How you judge him on the former depends in part on how much you deem him responsible for Britain's parlous situation in the first place. 如何根據前者判斷他,首先取決於你認為他對英國的危機有多大責任。
- He used the parlous public finances as a reason to justify why Italy's fiscal stimulus should be much smaller than in other big countries. 他用了不確定的公共經費來作為原因之一來解釋為什麼義大利財政刺激的規模應該大大小於比其他大國。
- Mr Geithner, whose job is far more visible than Mr Summers, is in the more parlous position because of his rocky relationship with Congress. 比薩默爾先生的工作更可見的是蓋特納先生的工作,由於與國會不穩定的關係導致他陷入一個危險的境地。
- Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, hinted that, given the parlous state of the British economy, "quantitative easing" would continue. 英格蘭銀行行長金恩暗示,鑒於英國目前糟糕的經濟形勢,量化寬鬆政策將持續。
- His advisers seem to have concluded that a climate bill was a non-starter given the parlous state of the economy, and concentrated on health care instead. 他的顧問團似乎已經做下定論:在這種經濟困難時期,在氣候法案上的努力終將是徒勞,因而將注意力投向醫療法案。
- Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, hinted that, given the parlous state of the British economy, "quantitative easing" would continue. See article. 英格蘭銀行行長金恩暗示,鑒於英國目前糟糕的經濟形勢,量化寬鬆政策將持續。
- Which is hardly surprising, perhaps, given the increasingly parlous state of their respective careers - not to mention the trio's equally disastrous private lives. 鑒於這三位的藝途日趨艱難, 聚會的氣氛演變或許不足為奇----這還沒算他們各自糟糕透頂的個人生活呢。
- By the 15th century Genoa’s finances were in such a parlous state that in 1407 the municipality established a private bank to consolidate its debts and called it the Bank of Saint George. 到了15世紀,熱那亞的財政進入了十分危機的境地,因此自治區於1407年建立了一家私人銀行以合併債務並將之稱為“聖喬治銀行”。
- But there is a sweetener regarding Social Security (state pensions) : any savings made from that programme would go towards shoring up its parlous finances, rather than paying down the deficit. 但是在社會安全(國家養老金)方面倒是有些甜頭的:由此項目節約出的任何資金都將用於鞏固岌岌可危的財政,而不是為赤字買單。

