英语单词短语词组“endangered”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

endangered

adjective

/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒəd/us

/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒɚd/

indangerof beingharmed,lost,unsuccessful, etc.:

有危险的；濒临灭绝的

Socialworkerswholookafterabusedor endangeredchildrenoften havestressfuldaysatwork.照顾受虐或受威胁儿童的社会工作者，每天的工作压力往往很大。

the endangeredcontractsoffailingcompetitors与濒临破产的竞争对手所签署的合同

endangered birds/plants/species

animalsorplantsthat maysoonnotexistbecause there are very few nowalive:

濒危鸟类／植物／物种

Monarchbutterfliesare now an endangeredspeciesidue todecliningnumbers.

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hazmat suit
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or elseidiom
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perilous
perilously
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someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
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ultra-hazardous
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(Definition ofendangeredfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examples from literature

Haller Park in Kenya is an animal sanctuary, a place where endangered animals are protected.
Its shell is also very beautiful, making it a prize for zoos and private animal collections – and putting it on the list of endangered or nearly endangered species.
Poachers often kill endangered animals.
Some people pay a lot of money for endangered animals – for example, $20,000 for the horns of a bighorn sheep.
The Kemp’s ridley species, only found near a small coastal area in Mexico, is the most endangered sea turtle species in the world.
The two students also found that some markets sold endangered fish labeled as other fish.
They are endangered animals, and we must help them.
This can help endangered animals.