parlous

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

England also dialectal obsolete rare

Japanese Meaning

危険を伴う、危険な / 破滅的で恐るべき / 非常に巧妙で狡猾、または並外れて優れた（稀または古い用法）

After the glacier broke apart, the mountaineers were left in a parlous situation with no shelter and dwindling food.

氷河が崩壊した後、登山者たちは避難所もなく食料が乏しい、危険な状況に置かれた。

Sense（1）

Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.

The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.

Sense（2）

Appalling, dire, terrible.

Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.

Sense（3）

(rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

A parlous Boy: go too, you are too ſhrew'd.

more parlous

（ comparative ）

most parlous

（ superlative ）