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单词 perilous
释义
perilous
(perɪləs )
adjective
Something that is perilous is very dangerous. [literary]
...a perilous journey across the war-zone.
The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
...perilous cliffs.
Synonyms: dangerous, threatening, exposed, vulnerable  
perilously adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB adjective]
The track snaked perilously upwards.
...a perilously narrow bridge.
Collocations:
perilous position
And there will be no shortage of candidates for the job, even in their current perilous position in the table.
The Sun
But off the pitch the club was in an even more perilous position.
Times, Sunday Times
From the perilous position of 203 for six, the first seemed unlikely, the second inconceivable.
Times, Sunday Times
Given their perilous position and a lack of goals for three matches, they will need it.
Times, Sunday Times
To have led such a promising country to this perilous position, this government has some answering to do.
Times, Sunday Times
perilous sea
Many migrants die while attempting the perilous sea crossing in unsuitable and overcrowded vessels.
Times, Sunday Times
As the captain hurls man and ship into the perilous seas of hate, his opportunity to take vengeance finally arrives.
Christianity Today
Round-the-world skippers have been forced to battle broken limbs, severe illness and one even had to sew his tongue back on mid-race in the world's most perilous seas.
Times,Sunday Times
perilous situation
But rather than salvage the situation with a hoik into touch, he made a perilous situation terminally bad.
Times, Sunday Times
And the pressure on them will only grow the longer this perilous situation goes on.
The Sun
If, aboard a large passenger ferry lying at anchor off-shore, a detainee decided to start a fire as a protest, a very perilous situation would ensue.
Times,Sunday Times
We got out of this perilous situation by selling spirits in the shops for no gross margin, turning stock into cash within 14 days, while buying on 60 days credit.
Times, Sunday Times
Analysts attributed yesterday's rout of banking shares to intensified fears about the euro sovereign debt crisis and uncertainty about politicians' willingness to take control of the increasingly perilous situation.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 险恶的
Japanese: 危険に満ちた
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