imperil
英 [ɪmˈperəl]
美 [ɪmˈperəl]
v. 使陷于危险; 危及
过去分词：imperilled 现在分词：imperilling 第三人称单数：imperils 过去式：imperiled
BNC.23601 / COCA.17494
同义词辨析
endangerimperilthreaten【导航词义：危及】
endangerv. 危及，危害
〔辨析〕
指使人或事物遭受危险、破坏等。
〔例证〕
Smoking endangers your health.
吸烟有害健康。
A war would endanger millions of lives.
战争会危及无数人的生命。
吸烟有害健康。
A war would endanger millions of lives.
战争会危及无数人的生命。
imperilv. 〈正式〉使陷于危险中，危及
〔辨析〕
可与 endanger 换用，但更强调未来的危险。
〔例证〕
The security of the nation was imperiled/endangered.
该国的安全受到威胁。
The flood imperiled/endangered the villagers' lives.
洪水危及到村民的生命。
该国的安全受到威胁。
The flood imperiled/endangered the villagers' lives.
洪水危及到村民的生命。
threatenv. 危及，威胁到
〔辨析〕
指对人或事物构成威胁。
〔例证〕
Pollution is threatening marine life.
污染正危及海洋生物。
This scandal threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
这桩丑闻威胁到他的竞选前途。
污染正危及海洋生物。
This scandal threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
这桩丑闻威胁到他的竞选前途。
牛津词典
verb
- 使陷于危险；危及
to put sth/sb in danger
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使陷于危险;危及
Something thatimperilsyou puts you in danger.- You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
你的驾驶危及了其他路人的生命安全。
- You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
in AM, use 美国英语用 imperiling, imperiled
英英释义
verb
- pose a threat to
- The pollution is endangering the crops
双语例句
- In his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Mr Buffett recounted how frozen credit markets dovetailed with tumbling home and stock prices to imperil many banks and produce "a paralysing fear that engulfed the country".
在他写给伯克希尔股东的年度信件中，巴菲特详述了陷入冻结的信贷市场如何与暴跌的房价、股价结合在一起，危及众多银行，引发“一种席卷全国的令人瘫痪的恐惧”。 - You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
你的驾驶危及了其他路人的生命安全。 - Opponents of the current measure, including Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, say it lowers safety standards and could imperil patients.
现行措施的反对者，包括尤他州共和党参议员奥伦・海契（OrrinHatch），认为这些措施降低了安全标准并可能因此而危及病人。 - Pawnbrokers do not make credit checks, and using them does not imperil credit ratings.
典当行不需要信用调查，也不会损害当户的信用记录。 - Illegally directing or ordering any worker to conduct dangerous operations that may imperil the worker's personal safety;
违章指挥或者强令冒险作业危及劳动者人身安全的； - Attacks on network increase rapidly in the recent years and imperil the security of network.
近年来针对网络的攻击呈快速增长之势，严重威胁着网络的安全。 - Eliminating ill weeds But one should as little imperil oneself by an evil companion as pay honor to another at the cost of one's own credit.
消灭危害性大的杂草一个糟糕的伙伴给我们带来的危害，不见得就比牺牲自己的荣誉而给他人增光的危害更大。 - The direct reason that earthquake imperil people's life and property is to cause to collapse of house.
地震危及人们生命和财产安全直接原因就是造成人们居住房屋的倒塌。 - The survival frequency is still low, it seriously imperil the health and the livings of the People.
胃癌的生存率很低，严重危害人的生活和健康。 - Oil spills devastate the natural environment, endanger public health, imperil drinking water and disrupt the economy.
石油泄漏破坏自然环境，危害公众健康，污染饮用水且扰乱经济。