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

单词	danger
释义	dan·ger I. \ˈdānjə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English daunger power, jurisdiction, liability, reluctance, from Old French dangier power, jurisdiction, alteration (influenced by Old French dam damage, from Latin damnum) of dongier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin domniarium, dominiarium authority, from Latin dominium ownership (from dominus master) + -arium -ary — more at dame, damn 1. a. archaic : power or authority of a master : jurisdiction < you stand within his danger, do you not? — Shakespeare > b. obsolete : reach or range especially of a weapon or missile < out of the shot and danger of desire — Shakespeare > 2. obsolete : harm, injury, damage < a sting in him that at his will he may do danger with — Shakespeare > 3. : the state of being exposed to harm : liability to injury, pain, or loss : peril, risk < pronounced out of danger the second day after the operation > < a place where children could play without danger > < in danger of losing his life's savings > 4. : a case or cause of danger < the dangers of the sea > Synonyms: danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, and risk can mean, in common, either the state of being threatened with serious loss or injury or the cause or source of such a threat. danger, the general term, implies the contingent evil < troubled by the danger that the manuscript might be lost — Carl Van Doren > < realizing that the buffalo in the United States were in danger of becoming extinct — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < the dangers of travel by air > < the danger of lowering one's standards > peril implies more strongly the imminence and fearfulness of the danger < the ship was in deadly peril of seizure by mutineers — C.C.Cutler > < the trickle of a clear spring water which is beyond all peril of drought — Louis Bromfield > < one fears to say anything when the peril of misunderstanding puts a warning finger to the lips — B.N.Cardozo > < the perils of modern warfare > jeopardy implies exposure to or the position of special susceptibility to extreme danger, as of a man in court accused of a serious offense < to place one's life in jeopardy by driving too fast > < one's moral and emotional balance is always in jeopardy during wartime > hazard, not as strong as jeopardy, implies danger from something fortuitous or beyond one's control < needless to say, there are hazards connected with brain surgery — H.R.Litchfield & L.H.Dembo > < the protection by insurance or otherwise, against the hazards of unemployment, sickness, and old age — American Guide Series: New York > < the steeple, with heavy iron cross, is so tall that some consider it a dangerous hazard — American Guide Series: Louisiana > risk implies a voluntary placing of oneself in circumstances of doubtful and possibly adverse outcome < to fool around with dynamite to the risk of life and limb > < life is a risk and all individual plans precarious, all human achievements transient — Irwin Edman > < countries here who want to see the risk of another world war extinguished here and now — Benjamin Welles > < for many Americans the risks of city life outweighed the attractions — Oscar Handlin > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English daungeren, from daunger, n. 1. obsolete : to make liable 2. archaic : endanger
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