英语词汇“endanger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To endanger someone is to put them in a dangerous position, or to threaten their safety. It would endanger your little brother if you encouraged him to jump off the garage roof into a pile of leaves.

Texting while you drive is a good way to endanger yourself, as well as your passengers and anyone else nearby. Scientists warn that climate change will slowly begin to endanger many plant and animal species on Earth, possibly including humans. This 15th century word combines the prefix en-, "make or put in" with danger, from the Old French dangier, "power to harm."

WORD FAMILY

endanger: endangered, endangering, endangerment, endangers+/danger: dangerous, dangers, endanger/dangerous: dangerouser, dangerousest, dangerously, dangerousness

USAGE EXAMPLES

He is wrong and that view endangers children, write two physicians.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

A bypass channel for the irrigation dam would be built near the Montana-North Dakota border to let endangered pallid sturgeon reach upstream spawning grounds.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

It was suspended in December 2014 when the animals were placed back on the endangered species list due to a Federal court decision.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1v pose a threat to; present a danger to

The pollution is endangering the crops

Syn|Hyper

imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten

be, exist

have an existence, be extant

2v put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

expose, peril, queer, scupper

compromise

expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute

affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on

have an effect upon

单词	endanger
释义	endanger (once / 664 pages) v To endanger someone is to put them in a dangerous position, or to threaten their safety. It would endanger your little brother if you encouraged him to jump off the garage roof into a pile of leaves. Texting while you drive is a good way to endanger yourself, as well as your passengers and anyone else nearby. Scientists warn that climate change will slowly begin to endanger many plant and animal species on Earth, possibly including humans. This 15th century word combines the prefix en-, "make or put in" with danger, from the Old French dangier, "power to harm." WORD FAMILY endanger: endangered, endangering, endangerment, endangers+/danger: dangerous, dangers, endanger/dangerous: dangerouser, dangerousest, dangerously, dangerousness USAGE EXAMPLES He is wrong and that view endangers children, write two physicians. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) A bypass channel for the irrigation dam would be built near the Montana-North Dakota border to let endangered pallid sturgeon reach upstream spawning grounds. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was suspended in December 2014 when the animals were placed back on the endangered species list due to a Federal court decision. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v pose a threat to; present a danger to The pollution is endangering the crops Syn\|Hyper imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten be, exist have an existence, be extant 2v put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper expose, peril, queer, scupper compromise expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon
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