perilously adv. 危机四伏地;充满危险地
- They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险。 - But the path you take comes perilously close to the shadow - and it can consume you.
但你所选择的道路把你贴近了阴影的危险边缘——而它将会导致你的毁灭。 - Lady Ashton has a perilously big job: “the sexiest innovation of the Lisbon treaty,” says one senior official.
艾什顿的工作庞杂而充满了危险,按一位高级官员的说法就是:这是《里斯本条约》所带来的最性感的创新。
perilously[ adv ]
in a dangerous manner
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he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge
Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F.
p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See {Peril}.] [Written also
{perillous}.]
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous;
hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton.
2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer.
For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer.
※ -- {Per"il*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Per"il*ous*ness}, n.