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

• 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。
• 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。
• You put everyone's life in jeopardy.
  你把每个人都陷入危险的境地。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their hasty action puts the plan into grave jeopardy.
  他们的仓促行动极其严重地危及了该项计划的实施。
• 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。
• I put my entire career in jeopardy.
  我的整个事业生涯打了个赌。
• I will not put our world in jeopardy.
  我不会让我们的世界处于危机。
• Until that model is fixed, our Nation's jobs and the livelihoods of our constituents are in jeopardy.
  在此之前，这是一个固定的模式，我们国家的就业和生计的成分处于危险之中。