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单词 endanger
释义
endanger
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
to put someone or something atriskor indangerof beingharmed,damaged, ordestroyed:
使处于险境；危及；危害
He would never do anything to endanger thelivesof hischildren.他不会做任何危及自己孩子生命安全的事。
We must becarefulnot to do anything that might endanger theeconomicrecovery.我们一定要谨慎，不能做任何妨害经济复苏的事。
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
  • high wire
  • high-stakes
  • imperil
  • jeopardize
  • 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 ofendangerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

endanger| American Dictionary

endanger
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈdeɪn·dʒər/
to put someone or something in asituationin which it islikelyto beharmed,damaged, ordestroyed:
Revealing thatinformationmight endangerournationalsecurity.

endangered

adjectiveus
/ɪnˈdeɪn·dʒərd/
(Definition ofendangerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofendanger

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The poor often have access to endangered ecosystems precisely because the ecosystems are not valuable commercially.
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If the accessibility of blood transfusions decreases, the voluntary blood donor might turn away, endangering blood safety much more.
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Without enjoying diplomatic immunity and often endangering themselves and their families, they undertook a huge effort in the area of human-rights preservation.
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However, all the already encysted metacercariae would be protected and therefore survive to sustain the endangered population.
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Placed between these possibilities, humans are endangered from out of destining.
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Also, the presence of infection can very rapidlyendangerthe lives of those waiting faithfully in the queue for their treatment.
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However, very little information is available on their biology and ecology, rendering it difficult to develop suitable conservation programmes for these endangered species.
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Targeted nations are those which conduct commercial shrimp fishing operations within the geographic range of distribution of endangered sea turtles.
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Strikes that cause inconvenience (even severe inconvenience) to others are quite different from strikes thatendangerindividual or communal lives or health.
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Overall, endangered species are likely to have greatly reduced long-term evolutionary potential compared with non-endangered species.
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Homologous oocytes, however, are not easily available in some species, such as endangered wild animals and the human.
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Thus, dreams tend to represent even happiness in the light of the possible threats that mightendangerit.
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Offering formal training for teaching, which implied that women needed to be taught to teach, endangered this understanding of femininity.
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These are the tokens that are most endangered by the high dress, as they are then distinguished neither in acoustic space, nor by length.
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The problem was that the traditional policy had been endangered by the ideological developments of the 1840s, abroad and at home.
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