| 单词 | dangerous |
| 释义 | dan·ger·ous 1. < a little learning is a dangerous thing — Alexander Pope > < a dangerous climb > < dangerous occupations > < a dangerous crossing > 2. < a dangerous lunatic > < an animal dangerous when wounded > 3. now dialect < he's in bed but he's not dangerous > Synonyms: < a wide circuit must be made, to avoid a fierce and dangerous tribe called Snake Indians — Francis Parkman > < the most dangerous waters in the world, the fog-shrouded, berg-haunted Grand Banks, with their swift currents and steep, short seas — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > hazardous may imply greater operation of chance than dangerous; it is used in reference to situations involving great or continuous risk < life consists largely of hazardous leaps in the dark — M.R.Cohen > < the hazardous game of secret service in enemy country — Alexander Forbes > Established with the meaning of insecure or uncertain, precarious often adds the implication of attendant dangers < the unorganised mass of London dock laborers who struggled with each other for precarious jobs at the dockyard gates — G.M.Trevelyan > < the British army, its communications thus rendered precarious, was forced to retreat — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > perilous suggests imminent danger < thousands of ships and planes guarding the long, perilous sea lanes — F.D.Roosevelt > < burglars who have done a good … business are, as a rule, only too glad to enjoy the proceeds in peace and quiet without embarking on another perilous undertaking — A. Conan Doyle > risky often joins to this suggestion the notion that the danger or risk has been realized in advance and willingly accepted < the control of our universities by propertied interests makes a free and radical inquiry into social affairs a risky business for any professor — M.R.Cohen > < so risky was travel that the Indiana legislature specifically permitted travelers to carry concealed weapons of any kind — Carl Sandburg > |
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