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peril 音标拼音: [p'ɛrəl] n. 危险,冒险
vt. 置…于险境,冒险 危险,冒险置…于险境,冒险 peril n 1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; " drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [ synonym: { hazard}, { jeopardy}, { peril}, { risk}, { endangerment}] 2: a state of danger involving risk [ synonym: { riskiness}, { peril}] 3: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; " he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; " there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [ synonym: { risk}, { peril}, { danger}] v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; " The pollution is endangering the crops" [ synonym: { endanger}, { jeopardize}, { jeopardise}, { menace}, { threaten}, { imperil}, { peril}] 2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [ synonym: { queer}, { expose}, { scupper}, { endanger}, { peril}] Peril \ Per" il\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Periled} or { Perilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Periling} or { Perilling}.] To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one' s life. [ 1913 Webster]
Peril \ Per" il\, n. [ F. p[' e] ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum, akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See { Fare}, and cf. { Experience}.] Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. [ 1913 Webster] In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. -- 2 Cor. xi. 26. [ 1913 Webster] Adventure hard With peril great achieved. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { At one' s peril}, or { On one' s peril}, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. " On thy soul' s peril." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See { Danger}. [ 1913 Webster]
Peril \ Per" il\, v. i. To be in danger. [ Obs.] -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " peril": breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground, desultoriness, emergency, encounter danger, endanger, endangerment, expose, exposure, gamble, gamble with, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, hazard, house of cards, imperil, imperilment, incur danger, infirmity, insecurity, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay open, liability, menace, openness, pass, perilousness, pinch, plight, precariousness, predicament, put in danger, put in jeopardy, quicksand, risk, riskiness, rocks ahead, shakiness, shiftiness, shiftingness, slipperiness, speculativeness, storm clouds, strait, subjection, susceptibility, thin ice, threat, ticklishness, treacherousness, treachery, unauthenticity, unauthoritativeness, uncertainty, undependability, unfaithworthiness, unreliability, unsolidity, unsoundness, unsteadfastness, unsteadiness, unsubstantiality, unsureness, untrustworthiness, vulnerability
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