| 单词 | jeopardy |
| 释义 | jeopardyWord family verbjeopardizenounjeoparderjeopardyadjectivejeopardousadverbjeopardously jeop·ar·dy /ˈdʒepədi $ -ər-/ noun in jeopardy RISKin danger of being lost or harmed 在危险中〔指会失去或受到危害〕 Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy. 数千个工作岗位岌岌可危。 put/place something in jeopardy The killings could put the whole peace process in jeopardy. 这些杀戮事件会危及整个和平进程。 Examples from the Corpus put/place something in jeopardy• Airports to lose firm A parcels carrier is pulling out of Stansted and Southend airports, putting 150 jobs in jeopardy.• This infantile behaviour is putting the book in jeopardy and makes it very hard to collate info on what's going on.• The message jolted him, for it suddenly put our destination in jeopardy.• Chuck was too crafty, too careful to put himself in jeopardy that way.• These factors combined to put me in jeopardy every noon hour.• People are encouraged to look at the wills but constant handling was putting them in jeopardy.• Because in the act of explanation he would have to reveal his past culpability, and this would place him in jeopardy. Examples from the Corpus jeopardy• It would put his career at risk, but that was already in jeopardy, so what had he to lose?• Yet without fairly radical surgery, the long-term health of the company might have been in jeopardy.• This infantile behaviour is putting the book in jeopardy and makes it very hard to collate info on what's going on.• Because in the act of explanation he would have to reveal his past culpability, and this would place him in jeopardy.• J., it could put into jeopardy the routine affirmative action moves made by private and public employers nationwide. From Longman Business Dictionary jeopardyjeop·ar·dy /ˈdʒepədi-ər-/ noun in jeopardy in danger of being lost or harmed We will not do anything that will put our business in jeopardy. (1300-1400) Anglo-French juparti, from Old French jeu parti “divided game, uncertainty” |
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