| 单词 | hazard |
| 释义 | hazard (once / 294 pages) nv If something is a hazard, it is a potential source of danger. Balloons are fun, but they're a hazard for little kids who might put them in their mouths. If you play miniature golf, you have to watch for hazards on the course — obstacles like the sand trap beside the dinosaur or the water hazard just past the windmill. As a verb, hazard means to take a risk, especially for the chance of a good return. You might hazard your chances at the roulette table or hazard a guess — that is, risk making a guess when you aren't certain. WORD FAMILYhazard: hazarded, hazarding, hazardous, hazards+/hazardous: hazardously, hazardousness, unhazardous USAGE EXAMPLESIt is perhaps an occupational hazard in Mr. Cohen’s line of work to see the world in light of its dangers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) EPA Victoria publishes alerts on its website to help beachgoers around Port Phillip Bay avoid hazards like sewage spills and jellyfish. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) But in the editing room the film once more refused to cohere—an occupational hazard when you jettison plot. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another Syn|Hypo|Hyper chance, fortune, luck bad luck, mischance, mishap an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate even chance, toss-up, tossupan unpredictable phenomenon phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2n a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune drinking alcohol is a health hazard Syn|Hypo|Hyper endangerment, jeopardy, peril, risk health hazard hazard to the health of those exposed to it moral hazard(economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance) occupational hazardany condition of a job that can result in illness or injury sword of Damoclesa constant and imminent peril biohazardhazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions danger a cause of pain or injury or loss 3n an obstacle on a golf course Hypo|Hyper bunker, sand trap, trap a hazard on a golf course water hazardhazard provided by ponds of water that the golfer must avoid obstacle an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) 4v put at risk Syn|Hyper adventure, jeopardize, stake, venture lay on the line, put on the line, risk expose to a chance of loss or damage 5v take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome Syn|Hypo|Hyper adventure, chance, gamble, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances go for broke risk everything in one big effort luck it, luck throughact by relying on one's luck assay, attempt, essay, seek, try make an effort or attempt 6v put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation Syn|Hypo|Hyper guess, pretend, venture anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise make a prediction about; tell in advance surmise, suspectimagine to be the case or true or probable readinterpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior outguess, second-guessattempt to anticipate or predict augurpredict from an omen bet, wagermaintain with or as if with a bet calculate, forecastpredict in advance prophesy, vaticinatepredict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration speculate talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion |
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