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单词 jeopardize
释义
jeopardize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyjeopardise)
uk
/ˈdʒep.ə.daɪz/us
/ˈdʒep.ɚ.daɪz/
to put something such as aplanorsystemindangerof beingharmedordamaged:
使处于危险境地；危及，损害
Sheknewthat byfailingherfinalsshe could jeopardize herwholefuture.她知道考试不及格会影响自己的整个前程。
Synonym
imperilformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking risks
  • adventurer
  • all in
  • be skating on thin iceidiom
  • bet the farm/ranchidiom
  • broke
  • dare
  • expose
  • hazard
  • high wire
  • high-stakes
  • imperil
  • lay
  • laysomethingon the lineidiom
  • neck
  • risk
  • run the risk of doingsomethingidiom
  • sail close to the windidiom
  • skate
  • stick out
  • stickyourneck outidiom
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(Definition ofjeopardizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

jeopardize| American Dictionary

jeopardize
verb[T]
us
/ˈdʒep·ərˌdɑɪz/
tocausesomething to beharmedordamaged, or to put something indanger:
Sheknewthatfailingherexamscould jeopardize herwholefuture.
(Definition ofjeopardizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

jeopardize| Business English

jeopardize
verb[T]
(UKalsojeopardise)
uk
/ˈdʒepədaɪz/us
to put something such as aplanorsystemindangerof beingharmedordestroyed:
Therateincreasemay jeopardizeeconomicrecovery.
(Definition ofjeopardizefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjeopardize

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Firstly, no control agency can allow itself tojeopardizethe relationship of trust it enjoys with its political principals.
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This, however, is partly jeopardized by many exceptions and partly by the mutation of letters (suppletion) in the stem.
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In the latter case, only one lobe would be affected, while in the case of atresia of a solitary vein, the entire lung is jeopardized.
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Common names and incomplete dates of birth jeopardized the identification process.
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For instance, the fiscal deficit couldjeopardizethe level of governmental subsidies that have decisive importance for the development of the sector.
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Indeed, they jeopardized the realization of any measure of hard labour at all.
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But modern history proves that reforms too long delayed or denied have jeopardized peace, undermined democracy and swept away civil and religious liberties.
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And no doubt his illness jeopardized his psychological ability to cope with a stressful environment.
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The inference was that infection couldjeopardizehost survival in the intertidal zone.
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Broad-based screening for cystic fibrosis and for other prevalent genetic diseases is thus jeopardized, because only educated and financially well-off individuals are utilizing it.
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Future research needs to avoid the methodological and theoretical difficulties that have frequently jeopardized investigative studies.
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In both cases, their personal freedom could be jeopardized.
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I can only hope they will notjeopardizemy life.
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Such gossip, if leaked, will certainlyjeopardizethe social status of the family with knock-on effects on all marriageable youths in their kin group.
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The purity of ground and river water was jeopardized by an increased production of urban waste.
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