Skip to main content

perilous

/per-uh-luhs/US // ˈpɛr ə ləs //UK // (ˈpɛrɪləs) //

岌岌可危,岌岌可危的,险象环生,险恶的

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.dangerous
Synonyms
delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致dicey狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,诡异的hazardous危险的,有危险性的,危险,有危险的precarious岌岌可危,不稳定,不稳定的,不稳定因素risky有风险的,有风险,危险的,风险大rugged崎岖不平的,崎岖不平,坚固耐用,崎岖的shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍threatening威胁性,威胁性的,威胁,具有威胁性ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人touchy敏感的,棘手的,敏感,触摸式treacherous奸诈的,诡诈的,诡谲的,阴险的uncertain不明确,不确定,不明确的,不明朗unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳russian roulette俄罗斯轮盘赌,俄罗斯轮盘,俄国轮盘赌,俄国轮盘chancy花心,花心的,花心思,花心大萝卜dynamite炸药,爆破,炸弹exposed暴露的,暴露在外的,暴露在外面的,暴露在外hairy有毛的,有毛,多毛的,有毛发的insecure不安全,不安全感,不安全的,不安全因素loaded负载,负载的,负荷,负荷的on thin ice如履薄冰,冰火两重天,如履薄冰的,坚如磐石playing with fire玩火,玩火游戏,玩火自焚,玩火的游戏touch and go一触即发,触摸和走动,触摸和走动的,摸摸看unhealthy不健康的,不健康,不良,不卫生unsafe不安全,不安全的,毫不安全,无安全保障unsound不健全,不健全的,不稳妥,不完善unsteady不稳的,不稳定的,不稳定,不稳unsure不确定,不确定的,不放心,没有把握vulnerable脆弱的,脆弱,弱势,易受伤害wicked邪恶的,邪恶,恶人,邪恶的人

Examples

  • We see this freedom isn’t free at all—it comes, sometimes, at perilous cost.

  • Because many of these tech companies do not have unions, most of the workers who lead or participated in the protests were not labor activists, but workers responding to the perilous situation in which they found themselves.

  • Here are some made-up game modes that make ghost hunting both more perilous and more ridiculous.

  • Both men have a good sense for understanding their players and maintaining optimism through perilous times.

  • The Justice Department is suing Google — but it’s the government’s power to police Big Tech that’s on trialThe Google lawsuit comes at a perilous time for Paxton, in particular.

  • Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.

  • It is a tricky and perilous path, but there are no realistic alternatives.

  • But if Mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.

  • Unfortunately, this can result in sending a well-intentioned but perilous message.

  • And now Persecuted holds up a mirror to the perilous situation facing increasingly disenfranchised Christians in modern America.

  • The road had been built for bringing down lumber, and for six miles it was at perilous angles.

  • This rather is, I should deem, the more perilous, and a plainer and better object for philosophical attack.

  • On their perilous journey an attack of measles increased their discomforts.

  • Moreover, when we come to pay off, the crew will receive a bonus, in consideration of the long and perilous voyage.

  • He had access to the ocean only in a latitude in which navigation is, during a great part of every year, perilous and difficult.