parlous [ˈpɑ:rləs]

例句:

• The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is.
  这一事件生动地证明了他们目前的地位多么岌岌可危。
  
• She is parlous handsome.
  她潇洒极了.
  
• They had a parlous journey on stormy seas.
  他们在风暴海洋上进行了一次危险的旅行。
  
• Chapman's business affairs were in such a parlous state...he could pay her nothing.
  来自George Eliot
• With its economy in recession and regional finances in a parlous state, the Spanish government's budget deficit is ballooning.
  来自WSJ
• It cannot but be common ground, however, that the institution of marriage is in a parlous state.
  来自THETIMES