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单词 to run the risk
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to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)
a. As a count noun. Frequently in to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks), †to run one's risk.cancer, occupational risk, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks
dicec1440
to put one's finger in the fire1546
hazardc1550
venture1560
to jeopard a joint1563
to venture a joint1570
to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621
danger1672
risk1767
gamble1802
to ride a tiger1902
to stick (also put) one's neck out1926
to lead with one's chin1949
to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964
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1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard xviii. 176 The couetous Marchant to runne vpon all hazards and risques for a handfull of yellow earth.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 398 But the Lycians protested openly, That they would run any risque, rather than be in subjection to the Rhodians.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 16 To cut my elder Brother's Throat, without the Risque of being hang'd for him.
1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife i. 7 He that runs the Risque, deserves the Fair.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber viii. 155 'Till they had been assur'd they might do it, without the Risque of an Insult, to their Modesty.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §103 The risque of which would have been prevented.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxii. 44 Little he loves such risques, I know.
1832 Hill's Life New S. Wales (Sydney) 16 Nov. 4 All the risques I ran Of lagging, scragging, and so forth, To be a swell-mob-man.
1862 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. IV. 80 They knew how infinite were the risques of democracy becoming universal licence.
β. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vi. 133 Spying what Risk her deare Armada ran, At once with Anger, and with feare, grew wan.1659 J. Howell Παροιμιογραϕια sig. *7v But if you are disposed to marry, marry a shrew rather then a sheep, for a Fool is fulsome, yet ye run a risk also in the other.1660 J. Sadler Olbia 336 So, the Prophet Zechary seeth First Isha..and then Eve (or Lilith, as before;) or a woman in an Epha, or Eva: with an heavy Risk of wickedness.1677 A. Hornbeck Serm. Funeral Mrs. Dorothy St. John 33 And the fear of God which he found to be the only true happiness, when he had run through all the risks of sin, she embraced.1681 T. Baker Head of Nile 32 A man were he constrain'd to one, had better run the risk of Scandalous words against His Majesty than against any of his Protesting Lords.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There is a great Risk run in letting Goods go upon Credit to great Lords.1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. v. 353 Flaccus..for my sake slighted the risk of his fortunes and life.1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. vii. 74 He must necessarily run the risk of many [battles] before he could gain his end.1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xli. 125 If the jury run any risque of punishment.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 705 I therefore recommend, though at the risk Of popular disgust,..The cause of piety.1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 165 Several witnesses were called upon to prove the risks to which Bois-Guilbert exposed himself.1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 162 It was no mark of wisdom..to run risks which might be avoided.1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) i. 7 This extraordinary risk, from which the city..escaped.1885 W. D. Howells Indian Summer (1886) i. 2 He had, in fact, taken the prodigious risk of breaking his life sharp off from the course in which it had been set for many years.1903 A. Austin Flodden Field i. 38 Life? Risk? Life is but one long risk, With something of precaution in it too, In men not daft with daring, or with love.1908 E. F. Benson Climber 100 It [sc. the plan] was rather a hazardous one, but she was prepared to take risks.1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) xvii. 267 Particular districts may be open to the risk of flooding arising from heavy rainfall or the thawing of snow.2005 Time Out N.Y. 18 Aug. 43/3 The ‘z peel’ ($125)..will have you out of the spa and back to your life without running the risk of looking like your lobster dinner.
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to run the risk
(a) As a count noun. In early use also occasionally in to run the risk.all risks: see all risks adj. at all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Compounds 1e. river, sea, war risk, etc.: see the first element.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > risk of financial loss
risgoe1638
to run a risco1657
risk1662
risk1734
market risk1918
war risk1920
uncertainty1921
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1662 R. L'Estrange Memento i. viii. 63 The hopes of carrying his Design, in no wise Countervailing the risque he ran of losing all he had Got, in case he missed it.
1691 J. Locke Money in Wks. (1823) V. 12 This..will be a prejudice to trade: since it will discourage lending at such a disproportion of profit to risque.
1699 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 37 They must run the risque of the falling of the price.
1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 239 To avoid the Loss or the Risque of having any Goods by him, out of Time.
1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 261 A Contract or Agreement, by which one or more Particulars..take on them the Risque of the Value of the Things insured.
1766 Let. 17 Nov. (R. Cary & Co.) in G. Washington Papers (1990) VII. 470 Invoice of Costs & Charges Shipped..upon the proper Account and risque of Colo. George Washington & to him Consigned.
1804 Sydney Gaz. 4 Mar. 4 The Treasurer can receive no Bills but such as can be consolidated without incurring any risques on himself.
β. 1677 R. Ferguson East-India-trade 16 Many lost of their principal Stocks, besides about two years Interest, and the risk and adventure of the Seas.1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. xxiv. 242 And upon this ground, the Law allowed fenus nauticus, to be much greater then all others, seeing the lender run the risk therein of all Sea hazards.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Risk of Merchandizes commences from the Time they are carried aboard.1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 149 The aforesaid Risks consisting further of all Perils at Sea..Detentions by Kings and Queens..Letters of Mart and Contra-Mart.1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 136 The ordinary rate of profit always rises more or less with the risk . View more context for this quotation1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. xv. 479 The difference between the interest and the gross profit remunerates the exertions and risks of the undertaker.1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 163/1 Fire insurance as a business consists in undertaking a certain risk..in return for a comparatively small sum,..called the premium.1903 Math. Gaz. 2 347 The final chapter deals with the mean risk in life insurance.1937 R. Straus Lloyd's xi. 257 Marine underwriters..offered themselves as ‘Names’ to those Underwriting Agents who specialised in non-marine risks.1977 B. Benjamin Gen. Insurance xi. 271 The mathematics of risk theory and of model building do not at present cover these kinds of business risks other than by incorporating past investment experience.2002 Shares 3 Oct. 25/2 All the risks look to be factored into the current share price.
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