imperil
英 [ɪmˈperəl]
美 [ɪmˈperəl]
v. 使陷于危险; 危及
过去分词：imperilled 现在分词：imperilling 第三人称单数：imperils 过去式：imperiled
BNC.23601 / COCA.17494
同义词辨析
endangerimperilthreaten【导航词义：危及】
endangerv. 危及，危害
〔辨析〕
指使人或事物遭受危险、破坏等。
〔例证〕
Smoking endangers your health.
吸烟有害健康。
A war would endanger millions of lives.
战争会危及无数人的生命。
吸烟有害健康。
A war would endanger millions of lives.
战争会危及无数人的生命。
imperilv. 〈正式〉使陷于危险中，危及
〔辨析〕
可与 endanger 换用，但更强调未来的危险。
〔例证〕
The security of the nation was imperiled/endangered.
该国的安全受到威胁。
The flood imperiled/endangered the villagers' lives.
洪水危及到村民的生命。
该国的安全受到威胁。
The flood imperiled/endangered the villagers' lives.
洪水危及到村民的生命。
threatenv. 危及，威胁到
〔辨析〕
指对人或事物构成威胁。
〔例证〕
Pollution is threatening marine life.
污染正危及海洋生物。
This scandal threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
这桩丑闻威胁到他的竞选前途。
污染正危及海洋生物。
This scandal threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
这桩丑闻威胁到他的竞选前途。
牛津词典
verb
- 使陷于危险；危及
to put sth/sb in danger
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使陷于危险;危及
Something thatimperilsyou puts you in danger.- You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
你的驾驶危及了其他路人的生命安全。
- You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
in AM, use 美国英语用 imperiling, imperiled
英英释义
verb
- pose a threat to
- The pollution is endangering the crops
双语例句
- The direct reason that earthquake imperil people's life and property is to cause to collapse of house.
地震危及人们生命和财产安全直接原因就是造成人们居住房屋的倒塌。 - At the same time, today, the actions, and inaction, of human beings imperil not only life on the planet, but the very life of the planet.
同时今天人类所为及不为，不仅危害到这个星球上的生命，也危害到其寿命。 - This could further imperil Mr Obama's revenue projections, if the rich people he is relying on to pay virtually all his bills end up a lot less rich than they were.
然而事实上奥巴马正依赖富人支付他的账单，如果那些富人的财富最终缩水的话，可能会进一步危及他的收益预计。 - Though they are equally attached to maintaining rapid growth, their primary concern is to preserve social stability, not to accelerate structural upheavals that could imperil it.
尽管他们同样重视保持经济快速增长，但首要之务则是保持社会稳定，而非推动可能影响稳定的结构改革。 - The pitfalls of the current teaching evaluation imperil in many ways the development of students, so the reform of evaluation is promptly needed.
摘要现行教学评价的众多弊端对学生的发展有多方面的危害，亟需进行教学评价改革。 - You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
你的驾驶危及了其他路人的生命安全。 - By contrast, the Conservatives want to get going this year since they fear that delay could imperil Britain's credit rating and thus push up interest rates.
相比之下，保守党希望今年就开始，因为他们害怕拖延会危机英国的信用评级进而推高利率。 - Insect-borne diseases imperil humans and animals, and there are many mosquito-borne diseases with complicated manifestations.
虫媒病严重危害人类健康，蚊媒病毒性疾病种类多，临床表现复杂且不典型。 - Some News Corp executives are concerned the China campaign could be gaining ground among members of the Bancroft family and may imperil their bid.
新闻集团的一些高管担心，围绕中国因素所做的文章，可能正对班克罗夫特家族成员产生作用，并可能危及新闻集团的收购。 - Business groups have argued that imposing the stricter pollution limits now would imperil growth.
而商界人士则辩解道，现在强制严控污染将会危及经济增长。