parlous
枯燥乏味,燥热,燥热的,枯燥无味
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Definitions
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- : perilous; dangerous.
- : Obsolete. clever; shrewd.
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- : to a large extent; greatly.
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Examples
One day, while walking the dog, Joel weighed in on the parlous state of the federal minimum wage.
They also counted on exploiting Honduras's parlous state of affairs among frightened voters.
Cities in parlous financial condition often need creditors to keep going.
It could happen here—and in 2010, a parlous American economy did give the GOP a robust midterm triumph.
Not since Harry Truman has a president taken office at a more parlous moment.
Twelve months earlier, under guidance of Land League, Ireland was in a parlous state.
He resented what he imagined as being the knowledge these boon companions boasted of his parlous state.
If the forgiveness of our debtors is a condition precedent to our own forgiveness, most of us are in a parlous state.
These were no doubt fearful of boring the Christians whose precious society the Jew enjoyed on a parlous tenure.
What a mercy poor Whitefoot was sure footed, and did not stumble, for the way was parlous difficult.