perilous

英 [ˈperələs]

美 [ˈperələs]

adj.  危险的; 艰险的

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Collins.1 / BNC.13986 / COCA.12773

牛津词典

adj.

• 危险的；艰险的
  very dangerous

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 危险的；艰险的
  Something that isperilousis very dangerous.
  1. ...a perilous journey across the war-zone...
     横穿交战区的危险之旅
  2. The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
     道路变得越来越陡峭，越来越凶险。
  3. ...perilous cliffs.
     险峻的悬崖

英英释义

adj

• fraught with danger
  1. dangerous waters
  2. a parlous journey on stormy seas
  3. a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
  4. the precarious life of an undersea diver
  5. dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
  Synonym:parlousprecarioustouch-and-go

双语例句

• Now that we have the capacity to destroy civilisation, relations among powerful states have become perilous.
  现如今，我们有能力摧毁文明，强国之间的关系也开始变得危险。
• It is true that during our explorations we often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature.
  确实，我们在探险的过程中，常常遇到最惊心动魄的困难和危险。
• Serving as a company director can be perilous.
  担任公司董事可能充满危险。
• This has demonstrated that the results of independence are more complex and perilous than we used to think.
  事实已经表明，独立所产生的后果，将比我们过去认为的更加复杂和危险。
• When negative short-term real interest rates are needed in order to avoid deflation, the situation is perilous.
  如果需要负值的实际短期利率来避免通缩，就说明情况很危险了。
• Looking ahead in the Internet and Intranet worlds is perilous.
  对因特网和内部网的预测是有风险的。
• Any complacency about US recovery prospects is perilous.
  对美国复苏前景感到自满是危险的。
• Brave students are trying perilous experiments so as to find out better knowledge for us all.
  勇敢的学生为了找到对我们更有用的知识，他们一遍又一遍地尝试危险试验；
• This is politically perilous.
  这在政治上是危险的。
• But to neglect the town was equally perilous.
  但忽视那个城镇同样是危险的。