risk /rɪsk/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (risking,risked,risks)

• 1.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） If there is a risk of something unpleasant, there is a possibility that it will happen. 风险

  例：

  There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure.

  存在该手术导致脑损伤的小风险。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If something that you do is a risk, it might have unpleasant or undesirable results. 危险

  例：

  You're taking a big risk showing this to Kravis.

  你在冒很大的危险把这给克拉维斯看。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you say that something or someone is a risk, you mean they are likely to cause harm. 风险因素

  例：

  It's being obese that constitutes a health risk.

  是痴肥构成的健康风险。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you are considered a good risk, a bank or shop thinks that it is safe to lend you money or let you have goods without paying for them at the time. (风险大或小的) 信贷对象

  例：

  Before providing the cash, they will have to decide whether you are a good or bad risk.

  提供资金之前，他们得确定你是风险小还是大的信贷对象。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you risk something unpleasant, you do something which might result in that thing happening or affecting you. 冒遭受…的风险

  例：

  Those who fail to register risk severe penalties.

  那些没登记的人冒着受重罚的风险。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you risk doing something, you do it, even though you know that it might have undesirable consequences. 冒险 (做某事)

  例：

  The skipper was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits until he could see where he was going.

  这位船长不愿意冒险在看不见方向之前将船开过海峡。

• 7.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you risk your life or something else important, you behave in a way that might result in it being lost or harmed. 冒失去…的危险

  例：

  She risked her own life to help a disabled woman.

  她冒着失去自己生命的危险帮助了一位残疾妇女。

• 8.  

  PHRASE（习语） To be at risk means to be in a situation where something unpleasant might happen. 受到威胁

  例：

  Up to 25,000 jobs are still at risk.

  多达25000职位仍受到威胁。

• 9.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you do something at the risk of something unpleasant happening, you do it even though you know that the unpleasant thing might happen as a result. 冒着 (发生不快事件的) 风险地

  例：

  At the risk of being repetitive, I will say again that statistics are only a guide.

  尽管会被认为罗嗦，我还得再说一遍：统计数字只是指向。

• 10.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility. 自担风险地

  例：

  Those who wish to come here will do so at their own risk.

  那些想来这里的人来的话将要自担风险。

• 11.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result. 冒着风险

  例：

  The officers had run the risk of being dismissed.

  官员们曾冒着被解职的风险。