peril

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n. 危险, 冒...之险, 险境, 险因 vt. 置...于险境, 冒险, 危及

发音

其它 /ˈpɛɹɪl/

词形变化

perils 复数 perils periled periling perilled perilling perils 三单 periling 现在分词 perilling 现在分词 periled 过去式 periled 过去分词 perilled 过去式 perilled 过去分词

别名

perill

教材释义与例句

名词

危险；冒险

动词

危及；置…于险境

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation of serious and immediate danger.

    危险

    可数 不可数

    Your life is in peril.

  2. 2.

    Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

    冒险

    可数 不可数

    the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)

  3. 3.

    An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

    可数 不可数 商务 金融
v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.

    及物

    And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

risk danger hazard jeopardy endangerment riskiness

上位词 2

danger venture

下位词 8

chance gamble crapshoot health hazard moral hazard occupational hazard speculativeness sword of Damocles
动词

同义词 9

threaten expose queer menace jeopardize endanger jeopardise scupper imperil

上位词 8

be touch exist impact affect bear on bear upon touch on

下位词 1

compromise

相关短语

at one's peril 由自己承担风险, 必有巨大危险 peril point [经] 危险点 peril points yellow peril 黄祸 at one's own peril Yellow Peril the yellow peril green peril

词源

From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.

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