考研英语词汇辨析(133)risk、danger、peril、jeopardy、hazad的区别

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  risk

  danger

  peril

  jeopardy

  hazard

  这五个词常用来表示“危险”,“风险”的意思。

  risk “风险”,普通用词。指可能发生但又难以预料的危险,也常用来表示活动中的风险。

  1) He run into the burning house to rescue the children at the risk of his own life.

  (他冒着自己的生命危险冲进着火的房子救出了孩子们。)

  2) Light beer drinking seems to be most beneficial form of alcohol in reducing the risk of high blood pressure.

  (少量喝啤酒似乎是有益的饮酒方式,可以降低患高血压的风险。)

  danger 普通用词,泛指所面临的一切危险,危害,威胁。

  1) The South Polar explorers took every precaution to minimize the dangers of their trips.

  (南极探险者采取一切预防措施把旅程的危险降到了最低。)

  2) The new techniqe increases the chance of survival and reduces the danger of branin damage.

  (这项新技术增加了患者生存的机会,降低了大脑损伤的危险。)

  peril 语气比danger 强,指严重的危险或灾难,隐含危险极为迫近,使人非常可能遭受损失或伤害。

  1) Many species of animals are already in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitats.

  (许多动物物种由于我们破坏了它们的自然环境,现在正面临灭绝的危险。)

  2) Becayse of the political peril of touching Social Security, broad reform demands the support from the general public.

  (由于触及社会保障时的政治风险,大规模改革必须得到公众的支持。)

  jeopardy正式用词,指极其危险的情况。

  1)Traffic congestion and jams have turned to be a nuisance to most of city dwellers, and their lives are put in greater jeopardy.

  (交通拥挤和堵塞令大多数城市居民讨厌,他们的生命处于较大的危险之中。)

  2) President Bush’s Republican Party is in jeopardy of lossing control of one or both houses of Congress.

  (布什总统的共和党面临着失去国会众议院或众参两院的危机。)

  hazard 指潜在的危险,有时用于表示对公众的危害。

  1) Exhaust fumes from that plant has been a hazard to the surrounding towns。

  (从那家工厂排出的废气对周边城镇是一个危险。)

  2)Failure to take proper account of these factors can cause the system to ripaidly become a health hazard.

  (这些因素考虑不周可能会很快导致整个系统成为健康危险。)

  endanger

  jeopardize

  imperil

  这三个动词都可表示“使遭受损失、损害、危险”、“危及”的意思。

  1) Someday our cities will be choked with cars and the polluted air will endanger our health.

  (总有一天,我们的城市将会被汽车阻塞,污染的空气危害我们的健康。)

  2) Aliens in China shall abide by Chinese law and shall not jeopardize the national security of China, harm its public interests or disturb its public order.

  (外国人在中国应遵守中国的法律,不得损害中国的国家安全、危害社会公共利益或破坏公共秩序。)

  3) Experts show their great concern that the real estate bubble could imperil the country's financial security.

  (专家们表示极大的关注: 房地产泡沫会危及到国家金融安全。)