| 英语单词 | endanger |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'deɪndʒə(r)] 美 [ɪn'deɪndʒər] |
| 中文释义 | vt.危及;危害 |
| 英语例句 | (1) It was foolish to endanger your life in that way. (2) Development of the area would endanger wildlife. (3) Overworking can endanger your health. (4) He did it in the knowledge that it might endanger his life. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 用那种方式危及你的生命是愚蠢的。 (2) 开发这一地区将会危及到野生生物。 (3) 工作过度可能会危害你的健康。 (4) 他做那件事时知道它可能危害他的生命。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To endanger someone is to put them in a dangerous position, or to threaten their safety. It would endanger your little brother if you encouraged him to jump off the garage roof into a pile of leaves. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Texting while you drive is a good way to endanger yourself, as well as your passengers and anyone else nearby. Scientists warn that climate change will slowly begin to endanger many plant and animal species on Earth, possibly including humans. This 15th century word combines the prefix en-, "make or put in" with danger, from the Old French dangier, "power to harm." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使遭遇危险;危及;危害 To endanger something or someone means to put them in a situation where they might be harmed or destroyed completely. [V n] [V-ed]
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