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单词 risk
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
risk /rɪsk/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a dangerous chance: [uncountable]Investing all that money is not worth the risk.[countable]He took too many risks driving so fast.
  2. Business[Insurance.]
    • [uncountable] the chance of loss.
    • [uncountable] the degree of probability of such loss:high risk.
    • [countable] a person or thing that is in danger and is to be insured:She was a poor risk because she had so many accidents.

v. [+ object]
  1. to put or place someone or oneself near the chance of injury or danger:to risk one's life.
  2. to take the chance of;
    to hazard:You risk a fall walking on such icy stairs.
Idioms
  1. at risk, in danger: [no object]Young children are at risk.[+ of + object]They are at risk of injury.
  2. at the risk of, [+ object] in spite of the danger of:At the risk of looking foolish, may I ask what you mean?


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
risk  (risk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. exposure to the chance of injury or loss;
    a hazard or dangerous chance:It's not worth the risk.
  2. Business[Insurance.]
    • the hazard or chance of loss.
    • the degree of probability of such loss.
    • the amount that the insurance company may lose.
    • a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.
    • Businessthe type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.
  3. at risk:
    • in a dangerous situation or status;
      in jeopardy:families at risk in the area of the weakened dam.
    • under financial or legal obligation;
      held responsible:Are individual investors at risk for the debt part of the real estate venture?
  4. take or run a risk, to expose oneself to the chance of injury or loss;
    put oneself in danger;
    hazard;
    venture.

v.t. 
  1. to expose to the chance of injury or loss;
    hazard:to risk one's life.
  2. to venture upon;
    take or run the chance of:to risk a fall in climbing; to risk a war.
  • Italian risc(hi)o, of obscure origin, originally
  • French risque
  • 1655–65
risker, n. 
riskless, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged venture, peril, jeopardy.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imperil, endanger, jeopardize.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged chance.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
risk /rɪsk/ n
  1. the possibility of incurring misfortune or loss; hazard
  2. chance of a loss or other event on which a claim may be filed
  3. the type of such an event, such as fire or theft
  4. the amount of the claim should such an event occur
  5. a person or thing considered with respect to the characteristics that may cause an insured event to occur
  6. at riskvulnerable; likely to be lost or damaged
  7. take a risk, run a riskto proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
vb (transitive)
  1. to expose to danger or loss; hazard
  2. to act in spite of the possibility of (injury or loss): to risk a fall in climbing
Etymology: 17th Century: from French risque, from Italian risco, from rischiare to be in peril, from Greek rhiza cliff (from the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts)
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