| 词汇 | risking |
| 释义 | risking present participle ofrisk risk verb[ T ] uk /rɪsk/ us /rɪsk/ B2 to do something although there is a chance of a bad result: 担…的风险，冒险干 "It's dangerous to cross here." "I'll just have to risk it."“从这儿穿行很危险。”“我不得不冒这个险。” [ + -ing verb ]He risked losing his house when his company went bankrupt.他的公司破产时，他差点连自己家的房子都保不住了。 B2 If you risk something important, you cause it to be in a dangerous situation where you might lose it: 使遭受危险 I'm not risking my life (informalneck) in that old car.我不会拿我的性命冒险去坐那辆旧车。 He risked life and limb to get the cat down from the tree.他冒着生命危险爬到树上去把猫救下来。 She was prepared to risk everything on a last throw of the dice.她准备不惜牺牲一切，作最后的一搏。 Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.当地的人们冒着生命危险，为抵抗组织的战士提供避难所，使其免遭军队逮捕。 The company is risking everything on the new project. Are you prepared to risk your life? The rescuers risked their lives to save the survivors of the crash. She risks losing her reputation if her latest project fails. Taking risks adventurer all in be skating on thin iceidiom bet the farm/ranchidiom broke dare expose hazard high wire high-stakes imperil jeopardize lay re-expose risk run the risk of doing somethingidiom sail sail close to the windidiom skate sniper's alley Examples of riskingrisking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Could the polity sustain pockets of autonomy in key border regions without risking the destabilisation of its interior? The virtual nature of a computer-based training simulation enables training to be accomplished without risking damage to man or in most cases to expensive equipment. The former allow farmers to increase herbicide applications without risking damage to their crops, while the latter run the risk of creating pesticide immune pests. Knowing this, the sovereign maintains the status quo to avoid risking a successful revolt. Thus, the error processing technology that we have implemented allows for all components to be expanded without risking a degradation in quality. He was, presumably, averse to risking public humiliation, and did not want to endorse a possibly fraudulent tomb. Some women drop their claims, others may press on, even risking mortgaging the land to pay legal fees. They may be risking their health and that of their future child because of the state of the law. Can one formulate the results in this field without risking being misunderstood? Increasingly, any face powder was considered incompatible with normative masculinities - risking considerable suspicion and attention. The "indigenous authorities" at issue "could not be taken over without promoting internal disorder, incurring massive expense and risking international conflict" (397). 13. It may seek to be responsive to the judgments of individuals, thereby risking collective rationality. It is also properly limited when healthcare decisions enter the realm of other-regarding behavior, causing or risking harm to others or to the community. A number of authors emphasized development as a clue to the evolutionary sequence, again risking the perils of recapitulationism. Even this enhanced burden, however, did not stop him from risking his career in the pursuit of public duty. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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