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
- 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。 - We must do nothing to imperil our good name.
我们不能做任何有损我们名誉的事情。 - Business groups have argued that imposing the stricter pollution limits now would imperil growth.
而商界人士则辩解道，现在强制严控污染将会危及经济增长。 - 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”。 - I will not imperil my soul. I will uphold the justice of the Church.
我不愿使我的灵魂受到玷污，我要维护教会法律的公正。 - 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。 - Accounting experts warned that, if implemented, the EU recommendations could imperil the prolonged efforts to narrow differences between accounting standards across the world.
会计专家们警告说，如果欧盟这些建议得到落实，缩小全球会计准则差异的长期努力可能会受到危害。 - By contrast, the Conservatives want to get going this year since they fear that delay could imperil Britain's credit rating and thus push up interest rates.
相比之下，保守党希望今年就开始，因为他们害怕拖延会危机英国的信用评级进而推高利率。 - China has told the US not to imperil the value of its holdings of US Treasury bills and Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, has warned of the damage the crisis could do to the world economy.
中国已告诉美国不要危害其所持的美国国债的价值，国际货币基金组织（IMF）总裁克里斯蒂娜拉加德（christineLagarde）对此次危机可能对全球经济造成的损害发出警告。 - 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。