jeopardy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++jeop·ar·dy /ˈdʒepədi $ -ər-/ noun in jeopardy RISKin danger of being lost or harmed 在危险中〔指会失去或受到危害〕 Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy. 数千个工作岗位岌岌可危。put/place something in jeopardy The killings could put the whole peace process in jeopardy. 这些杀戮事件会危及整个和平进程。

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jeopardy• It would put his career at risk, but that was already in jeopardy, so what had he to lose?• Yet without fairly radical surgery, the long-term health of the company might have been in jeopardy.• This infantile behaviour is putting the book in jeopardy and makes it very hard to collate info on what's going on.• Because in the act of explanation he would have to reveal his past culpability, and this would place him in jeopardy.• J., it could put into jeopardy the routine affirmative action moves made by private and public employers nationwide.From Longman Business Dictionaryjeopardyjeop‧ar‧dy /ˈdʒepədi-ər-/ noun in jeopardy in danger of being lost or harmedWe will not do anything that will put our business in jeopardy.Origin jeopardy (1300-1400) Anglo-French juparti, from Old French jeu parti “divided game, uncertainty”