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单词 endangered
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endangeredadjective

uk/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒəd/us/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒɚd/

in danger of being harmed, lost, unsuccessful, etc.:

Social workers who look after abused or endangered children often have stressful days at work.
the endangered contracts of failing competitors
endangered birds/plants/species

B2 animals or plants that may soon not exist because there are very few now alive

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Unsafe and insecure

  • at stake idiom
  • be on the line idiom
  • day
  • exposed
  • hang
  • indefensible
  • insecure
  • jeopardy
  • precarious
  • precariously
  • shadow
  • sketchy
  • stake
  • struggle
  • threat
  • unattended
  • unbalanced
  • unguarded
  • unsafe
  • unstable

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Examples from literature

  • Haller Park in Kenya is an animal sanctuary, a place where endangered animals are protected. 
  • Its shell is also very beautiful, making it a prize for zoos and private animal collections – and putting it on the list of endangered or nearly endangered species. 
  • Poachers often kill endangered animals. 
  • Some people pay a lot of money for endangered animals – for example, $20,000 for the horns of a bighorn sheep. 
  • The Kemp’s ridley species, only found near a small coastal area in Mexico, is the most endangered sea turtle species in the world. 
  • The two students also found that some markets sold endangered fish labeled as other fish. 
  • They are endangered animals, and we must help them. 
  • This can help endangered animals. 
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