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单词 risky
释义
risky
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪs.ki/us
/ˈrɪs.ki/
B2
involvingthepossibilityof somethingbadhappening:
危险的；有风险的
It'sriskytobuyacarwithout some goodadvice.不好好听取别人的建议就买车是件冒险的事情。
We shouldn't go there. It's too risky.我们不应该去那里，太危险了。
Teenagers oftenengagein riskybehaviour.青少年往往会有危险行为。
riskyinvestments有风险的投资
Synonyms
hazardous
high-risk
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
able to harm you
  • dangerousIt's dangerous to walk alone in the woods at night.
  • unsafeDon't play in the street - it's unsafe.
  • hazardousHeavy rain is causing hazardous driving conditions.
  • perilousA perilous journey through the mountains was their only escape route.
  • treacherousIce had made the roads treacherous.
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More examples
  • Thesurgeonfeltthat theoperationwas too risky.
  • Manyinvestorsblamedthegovernmentfor notwarningthem against riskyinvestments.
  • He madehugeprofitson anumberof very riskyinvestments.
  • Thegeneraldecidedit was too risky toproceedanyfurther.
  • Thetherapycan be risky incertainconditions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • on/under pain of deathidiom
  • or elseidiom
  • parlous
  • peril
  • perilous
  • precipice
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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Related word

riskily
(Definition ofriskyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

risky| Business English

risky
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪski/us
involvingthepossibilitythat somethingbadmighthappenor that something willfailorlosemoney:
Even over thelongrun,stocksare risky.
ariskyasset/investment
Thetravelsectoris risky forinvestors.
BANKING,FINANCE
used todescribeapersonorbusinessthat may not besafetolendmoneyto:
Economists have beenarguingabout thecrisisinmortgagelendingtorisky borrowers.
Thiscreditcardhas astandardAPRof 14.9 but afarhigherrateof 24.9 forriskiercustomers.
a risky business
something thatinvolvesriskor thechanceoffailure:
Trading inpennysharesis a riskybusinessas anykindofbadnewscan have adrasticeffecton theshareprice.
(Definition ofriskyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They tended to belong to peer groups whereriskybehaviors were condoned and were likely to be central members of these deviant cliques.
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To them, trying something unproven, potentiallyrisky, but also potentially beneficial seemed reasonable.
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These series are then used to construct theriskyreturn.
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The risk-taking scale reflects the extent to which the respondent's reported behaviour reflects a willingness to engage inriskyactivities.
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This assurance would diminish the risk premium applied to the coupon period, enabling the individual to undertake riskier investments at the outset.
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Despite these enabling factors, women's choice of opera as a professional path was stillrisky.
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Further, these funds may distort compensation profiles and create incentives for the inclusion of overlyriskyassets in a pension portfolio.
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To the question of howriskyis to evade taxes in this country, 67% said it is toorisky, and for 32% is somewhatrisky.
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Combined with the assumed absence ofriskyassets in the life annuity, a consequence is that consumption after annuitization is level.
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Training was costly, time-consuming and inherentlyrisky, since a new skill could quickly become obsolete or fail to attract sufficient work to merit the investment.
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It is fair to require individuals who engage in certainriskyactions that result in costly medical needs to pay higher premiums or taxes.
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One source of difficulty is inherent in any single case study : conclusions on such a basis, whether positive or negative, are alwaysrisky.
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However, under the assumption of homogeneous beliefs about the covariance matrix of future payoffs, short-sale constraints will only increaseriskyasset prices.
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Normally, for example, it would beriskyfor a songbird to shut its eyes or block off its ears.
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These variations greatly help in explaining the volatility of theriskyreturn.
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