peril

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per·il /ˈperəl/ noun

1 [uncountableU] 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[countableC 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。

Examples from the Corpus

do something at your peril• These are grave environmental warnings, which we ignore at our peril.• He spoke with the sort of quietly threatening tone that you ignored at your peril.• Into this potent politicization of what remained, at heart, a medical mystery, scientists ventured at their peril.• Kings neglected the sea at their peril.• Mess with us at your peril.• More than a million fled abroad, often at their peril.• Some people say that lurking in its depths is a fish so dangerous that oarsmen venture out at their peril.• Yet it is also one of the most popular programs, and politicians have made changes to it at their peril.• Those who cross him do so at their peril.

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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 Dictionary

perilper·il /ˈperəl/ noun [countableC]INSURANCE

an event such as a fire which might cause loss and which you can insure against

Under this policy, guns and firearms are covered for standard perils.

Origin peril

(1200-1300) Old French Latin periculum

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