endanger

英 [ɪn'deɪndʒə(r)] 美 [ɪn'deɪndʒər]

• vt. 危及；危害

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 危及
2. 使遭到危险
3. 破坏
4. 受难
5. 受到威胁
6. 断送
7. 危害

英英释义

Verb:

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"
   

2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.
   用那种方式危及你的生命是愚蠢的。
2. Development of the area would endanger wildlife.
   开发这一地区将会危及到野生生物。
3. Overworking can endanger your health.
   工作过度可能会危害你的健康。
4. He did it in the knowledge that it might endanger his life.
   他做那件事时知道它可能危害他的生命。

经典引文

• An epidemic that might endanger everybody in that area.

  出自： E. Roosevelt

• No woman wants her loved ones endangered.

  出自： F. Herbert

近反义词

【近义词】

• imperil 使陷于危险中...
• jeopardize 危及
• risk 危险
• threaten 威胁
• expose 揭露
• hazard 危险
• compromise 妥协
• peril 危险
• queer 古怪的
• jeopardise 使 ... 遭遇危险...
• menace 威胁
• scupper 排水口