jeopardy

英 [ˈdʒepədi]

美 [ˈdʒepərdi]

n.  危险

复数：jeopardies　

TOEFLGRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11530 / COCA.8398

习惯用语

n.

in jeopardy
• 处于危险境地；受到威胁
  in a dangerous position or situation and likely to be lost or harmed

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 处于危险境地；受到威胁
  If someone or something isin jeopardy, they are in a dangerous situation where they might fail, be lost, or be destroyed.
  1. A series of setbacks have put the whole project in jeopardy.
     一系列的挫折使整个项目面临失败。

英英释义

noun

• a source of danger
  1. drinking alcohol is a health hazard
  Synonym:hazardperilriskendangerment

双语例句

• The security and stability of each nation and all peoples our prosperity, our health, and our safety are in jeopardy.
  每一个国家和各地人民的安全和稳定我们的繁荣、我们的健康和我们的安全危在旦夕。
• But with the lives of so many people in jeopardy.
  但是对于那么多在危险中的生命来说。
• So my immediate professional concern is whether you put the president into jeopardy as well.
  所以我马上职业地关注你是否也将总统置于危险之中。
• You put all our work in jeopardy.
  你危机到我们所有的工作。
• Without knowing where he's going and why, that could put us in further jeopardy.
  不知道他要去哪，也不知道为什么去，这会把我们置于未知的危险中。
• This kind of ethnic rivalry is clearly a serious issue that is placing economic growth and development in jeopardy.
  这种种族的敌对状态显然是一个严肃的问题，使经济的增长与发展处于危险的境地。
• I put my entire career in jeopardy.
  我的整个事业生涯打了个赌。
• Why wouid you do this? You put us all in jeopardy.
  你为什么要这样做，你把我们都置于危险中。
• If we were run out of Vietnam under these conditions, our entire foreign policy would be in jeopardy.
  如果我们在这样的情况下被赶出越南，我们的整个外交政策将处于危险的境地。
• If you repeat what I'm about to tell you, both our lives are in jeopardy.
  要是你泄露了我告诉你的事，我们两个都有性命之忧。