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
- Opponents of the current measure, including Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, say it lowers safety standards and could imperil patients.
现行措施的反对者，包括尤他州共和党参议员奥伦・海契（OrrinHatch），认为这些措施降低了安全标准并可能因此而危及病人。 - 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。 - The rule of the qualification of taking the Imperil Examination is the provision that the ruling class first select the talents they need.
科举应试资格政策是统治者对初次筛选其所需人才的一种规定。 - 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。 - 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。 - Moreover, filming activities shall not imperil the ecological environment and landscape of nature reserve, and the impact of activity plan to environment should be given sufficient consideration;
而且影视拍摄活动不得破坏自然保护区的生态环境和景观，活动方案应充分考虑对环境的影响； - The survival frequency is still low, it seriously imperil the health and the livings of the People.
胃癌的生存率很低，严重危害人的生活和健康。 - Accounting experts warned that, if implemented, the EU recommendations could imperil the prolonged efforts to narrow differences between accounting standards across the world.
会计专家们警告说，如果欧盟这些建议得到落实，缩小全球会计准则差异的长期努力可能会受到危害。 - 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。 - A more significant, though mistaken, argument is that the higher costs imperil the economy.
一个更重要（尽管是错误）的论点是，银行成本增加将危害经济。