peril

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·il /ˈperəl/ ●○○ noun  1  [uncountable] literary or formalDANGEROUS great danger, especially of being harmed or killed 巨大的危险in peril They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends. 他们不顾自身安危去营救朋友。great/grave/serious peril The economy is now in grave peril. 经济目前处于严重危机中。 a voyage that was fraught with peril (=full of danger) 历尽艰险的旅程2  DANGEROUS[countable usually plural] literary or formal a danger or problem in a particular activity or situation 〔某活动或情况的〕危险 the perils posed by mountaineering 登山运动的危险peril of the perils of the sea 大海的凶险3  do something at your peril DANGEROUSused to say that what someone is intending to do is dangerous or could cause them problems 做某事要自担风险〔用于告诫某人他打算做的事情很危险〕 Politicians ignore this issue at their peril. 政客们无视这个问题就要自担风险。

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peril• Great perils lay before them, and some of them paid with their lives for drinking that peerless elixir.• But Lugar calls nuclear terror the greatest peril of our age.• His playoff streak is in peril this season.• Mourning can have a therapeutic function that we ignore at our peril.• Similarly, lessons from across the world show that early warning signs of conflict are ignored at our peril.• The differences exist, and we remain ignorant of them at our peril.• Elizabeth continued reading her latest library book, oblivious to my possible peril.• None of us who set off on that calm September morning could have foreseen the perils that lay ahead.• the perils of a life at sea• Into this potent politicization of what remained, at heart, a medical mystery, scientists ventured at their peril.in peril• With food supplies exhausted, two million people are in peril of starving.From Longman Business Dictionaryperilper‧il /ˈperəl/ noun [countable]INSURANCE an event such as a fire which might cause loss and which you can insure againstUnder this policy, guns and firearms are covered for standard perils.Origin peril (1200-1300) Old French Latin periculum

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peril
per‧il /ˈperəl, ˈperɪl/ noun1. [uncountable] literary or formal great danger, especially of being harmed or killed
    in peril
    They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends.
    great/grave/serious peril
    The economy is now in grave peril.
    a voyage that was fraught with peril (=full of danger)
2. [countable usually plural] literary formal a danger or problem in a particular activity or situation:
    the perils posed by mountaineering
    peril of
    the perils of the sea
3. do something at your peril used to say that what someone is intending to do is dangerous or could cause them problems:
    Politicians ignore this issue at their peril.

perilBrE /ˈperəl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈperəl/ 🔊 noun (formal or literary) [uncountable] serious danger 严重危险◆The country's economy is now in grave peril. 现在，这个国家的经济陷入了严重危机。🔊🔊 [countable, usually plural] ~ (of sth) the fact of sth being dangerous or harmful 祸害；险情◆a warning about the perils of drug abuse对吸毒之害的警告●do sth at your (own) ˈperilused to warn sb that if they do sth, it may be dangerous or cause them problems （警告对方）自冒风险