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单词 parlous
释义
parlouspar‧lous /ˈpɑːləs $ ˈpɑːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINparlous
Origin:
1300-1400 perilous
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the parlous state of the country's economy
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But it still didn't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits.
  • Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties.
  • His priority is his own increasingly parlous situation at home.
  • The death of Vial left his widow in parlous straits.
  • The mill was relegated to storage for many years, and by the 1960s was in a somewhat parlous state.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The country’s police force was in a parlous state in 1990.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The mill was relegated to storage for many years, and by the 1960s was in a somewhat parlous state.· But it still didn't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits.· Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties.
in a very bad or dangerous condition:  The country’s police force was in a parlous state in 1990.
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