| 正面 | 8554.jeopardy 英 ['dʒepədɪ]美 ['dʒɛpɚdi]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. jeopardy-----姐怕的----------危险.n. 危险；（被告处于被判罪或受处罚的）危险境地 例句： 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。 jeopardy 危害来自古法语jeu parti,一种机会平等的赌博游戏，来自jeu,赌博，玩乐，词源同joke,parti,分开，均等，词源同par,part.引申词义危险，风险，危害。比较dicey,hazard. jeopardyjeopardy: [14] The semantic focus of jeopardy has changed subtly over the centuries. Originally it meant ‘even chance’, but gambling being the risky business it is, and human nature having a strong streak of pessimism, attention was soon focussed on the ‘chanciness’ rather than the ‘evenness’, and by the late 14th century jeopardy was being used in its modern sense ‘risk of loss or harm, danger’. The word originated in the Old French expression jeu parti, literally ‘divided play’, hence ‘even chance’. It was to begin with a term in chess and similar board games.jeopardy (n.)c. 1300, ioparde (13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French jeu parti, literally "a divided game, game with even chances," from jeu "a game" (from Latin iocus "jest;" see joke (n.)) + parti, past participle of partir "to divide" (see part (v.)). Originally "a stratagem;" sense of "danger, risk" is late 14c." |