单词 | imperil |
释义 | imperilv.α. 1500s– imperil, 1600s imperill. β. 1500s emperill, 1600s– emperil (now rare). transitive. To expose (a person or thing) to danger; to endanger, risk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] plightOE imperil?a1425 danger1488 endanger1509 enjeopard1523 peril1556 periclitate1623 jeopardize1646 α. β. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iv. sig. O.iij Andrugio..was so ouercome with loue towardes his Sister, as to giue her comfort, he franckly consented anew to emperill his own life.1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. sig. D4 Braggadochio..neuer thought..His person to emperill so in fight. View more context for this quotation1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 53 [It] will..emperil the..Common-Wealth.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. ii. 95 By the scandal of their lives they emperilled the stability of their order.1932 Bull. Internat. News 9 160 At one moment a deadlock occurred..which emperilled the very existence of the Conference.2016 Toronto Star (Nexis) 3 Dec. gt4 Growing population pressure may emperil some of the province's prime farmland.?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 125 (MED) How oþer outward membrez ar preserued þat ar inperiled [?c1425 Paris in perill; L. periclitantur] for hem. ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 189 Could not he haue so entreated the question, but that his aduersaries..must be thus imperilled by his vnbridled language? a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady ii. Chorus 43 in Wks. (1640) III Will I..imperill the innocence, and candor of the Author, by his calumnie? 1732 Conjugal Duty Ded. p. ii There is no one which favoureth us; but all imperilling us in the Hope of Salvation, as Eve, by her eating, undermined Adam. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xliii. 300 Sicily..was already sufficiently imperiled by its formidable enemies in Africa. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. vii. 191 Life and property were imperilled by an insecure succession. 1908 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 339 The current methods..imperil the academic career, and wantonly deprive it of its due standing. 1965 Life 15 Oct. 151 (heading) A rare breed is imperiled by a nuclear test. 2016 J. Ehrenreich (title) in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Apr. 15/3 Third wave capitalism. How money, power, and the pursuit of self-interest have imperilled the American dream. Derivatives imˈperilled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger unsurea1400 periclitate1525 dangeredc1604 endangered1609 unsafea1616 perdua1625 insecure1655 imperilled1656 unsecure1656 naufrageous1694 perilled1819 jeopardized1864 periculant1882 at-risk1965 1656 W. Bell Incomparable Company-keeping 28 Carnall people looke upon God's people as a most exposed and imperilled people, because of their opposednes to the sins of the Times and places they live-in. 1806 C. Cuthbertson Santo Sebastiano IV. xxi. 399 Through a vista, was the lake plainly seen, and the emperilled father and son. 1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 438 The means of saving or helping to save 19,687 imperilled lives. 1931 Pop. Aviation Oct. 49/2 The plane was hurtling towards the ground, carrying the imperiled airman down with it to what seemed certain destruction. 2006 Independent 28 July 12 Environmentalists argued that as one of Europe's most imperilled molluscs, Desmoulin's whorl snails..should not have a road built through their natural habitat. imˈperilment n. the action of endangering someone or something, or the condition of being in danger. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] plighteOE hauhtc1200 peril?c1225 wothea1300 werea1325 jeopardyc1374 menacea1400 thronga1400 jeopardc1400 unplighta1425 dangering1488 danger1490 periclitation1527 trance1588 apperila1616 periclitancy1650 imperilment1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. ii. 15 Fearful imperilment of the victory. 1930 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 38 492 The marked transition of political initiative from Europe to other parts of the globe; the imperilment of Europe's industrial supremacy. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Sept. High school was..a four-year endurance test of daily slights and regular physical imperilment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?a1425 |
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