| 英语单词 | jeopardize |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['dʒepədaɪz] 美 ['dʒepərdaɪz] |
| 中文释义 | vt.危及;使处于危险境地;影响 |
| 英语例句 | (1) If you are rude to the boss, it may jeopardize your chance of success. (2) Overworking can jeopardize your health. (3) Being late so often will jeopardize your chances for promotion. (4) Soldiers jeopardize their lives in war. (5) This judgment may jeopardize his job. (6) The security of the whole operation has been jeopardized by one careless person. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 如果你对老板没有礼貌,那也许会危及你事业的成功。 (2) 工作过量可能会危及你的健康。 (3) 这么常迟到会危及你升迁的机会。 (4) 士兵们在战争中使他们的生命陷入险境。 (5) 这项判决可能会使他的工作陷入险境。 (6) 整个作业的安全让一个粗心大意的人给破坏了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Jeopardize means to put at risk or pose a threat. Jeopardize your career by posting silly pictures of yourself on Facebook. Jeopardize your friendships by posting silly pictures of your friends on Facebook. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Jeopardize stems from the Old French jeu parti, which literally translates to a game with divided, or even, chances. An even chance of winning hardly seems a risky endeavor, but maybe our forefathers weren't big risk-takers. Whatever the reason, jeopardize has come to mean the act of putting yourself or something at risk, through circumstance or behavior. Think of double-jeopardy on the gameshow "Jeopardy" and you'll better understand what it means to jeopardize your savings. |
| 柯林斯解释 | in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 jeopardise 1 [VERB 动词]使处于危险境地;危及;危害;损害 To jeopardize a situation or activity means to do something that may destroy it or cause it to fail. [V n]
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