risking
present participle ofrisk
| 单词 | risking |
| 释义 | risking present participle ofrisk risk verb[T] uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/B2 to do somethingalthoughthere is achanceof abadresult: "It'sdangeroustocrosshere." "I'll just have to riskit." [+ -ing verb]He risked losinghishousewhen hiscompanywentbankrupt. B2 If you risk somethingimportant, youcauseit to be in adangeroussituationwhere you mightloseit: I'm not risking mylife(informalneck) in thatoldcar. He riskedlifeandlimbto get thecatdown from thetree. She waspreparedto risk everythingona lastthrowof thedice.
Taking risks
Examplesofriskingrisking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Could the polity sustain pockets of autonomy in key border regions withoutriskingthe destabilisation of its interior? From theCambridge English Corpus The virtual nature of a computer-based training simulation enables training to be accomplished withoutriskingdamage to man or in most cases to expensive equipment. From theCambridge English Corpus The former allow farmers to increase herbicide applications withoutriskingdamage to their crops, while the latter run the risk of creating pesticide immune pests. From theCambridge English Corpus Knowing this, the sovereign maintains the status quo to avoidriskinga successful revolt. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the error processing technology that we have implemented allows for all components to be expanded withoutriskinga degradation in quality. From theCambridge English Corpus He was, presumably, averse toriskingpublic humiliation, and did not want to endorse a possibly fraudulent tomb. From theCambridge English Corpus Some women drop their claims, others may press on, evenriskingmortgaging the land to pay legal fees. From theCambridge English Corpus They may beriskingtheir health and that of their future child because of the state of the law. From theCambridge English Corpus Can one formulate the results in this field withoutriskingbeing misunderstood? From theCambridge English Corpus Increasingly, any face powder was considered incompatible with normative masculinities -riskingconsiderable suspicion and attention. From theCambridge English Corpus The "indigenous authorities" at issue "could not be taken over without promoting internal disorder, incurring massive expense andriskinginternational conflict" (397). 13. From theCambridge English Corpus It may seek to be responsive to the judgments of individuals, therebyriskingcollective rationality. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also properly limited when healthcare decisions enter the realm of other-regarding behavior, causing orriskingharm to others or to the community. From theCambridge English Corpus A number of authors emphasized development as a clue to the evolutionary sequence, againriskingthe perils of recapitulationism. From theCambridge English Corpus Even this enhanced burden, however, did not stop him fromriskinghis career in the pursuit of public duty. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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