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imperil + noun phrase
The oil spill imperils marine life.
石油泄漏危害海洋生物。
使面临危险；危及
imperiled — past of imperil
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使面临危险；危及
endanger; put at risk
The oil spill imperils marine life.
石油泄漏危害海洋生物。
使处于危险之中；危及。
To put into peril; to place in danger.
冒险；使遭受危险。
To risk or hazard.
imperil
Base
原形
imperils
3rd person
第三人称单数
imperilling
-ing
现在分词
imperiled
Past
过去式
imperilled
Past participle
过去分词
Pollution imperils the health of millions.
污染危害数百万人的健康。
美式过去式/过去分词为imperiled，英式为imperilled。
The heavy rain could imperil the old bridge.
大雨可能危及这座老桥。
A single mistake imperiled the whole project.
一个错误就使整个项目陷入了危险。
Cutting down these trees is imperilling the local bird species.
砍伐这些树木正在危及当地的鸟类物种。
The oil spill imperils marine life.
石油泄漏危害海洋生物。
常用于被动语态，强调危害的来源。
The species is imperiled by habitat loss.
该物种因栖息地丧失而处于危险。
Poor decisions imperiled the company's future.
糟糕的决策危害了公司的未来。
Not this
The pollution imperils to the environment.
Use this
The pollution imperils the environment.
imperil是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词“to”。
Not this
The species is in imperil.
Use this
The species is imperiled.
imperil是动词，不能用作名词；表示“处于危险”应用be imperiled或in peril。
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危及生命
A single mistake can imperil thousands of lives.
一个错误就可能危及数千人的生命。
危及国家安全
The leak could imperil national security.
这次泄密可能危及国家安全。
危及未来
Climate change threatens to imperil the future of the region.
气候变化可能会危及该地区的未来。
危害公共健康
Pollution levels are high enough to imperil public health.
污染程度高到足以危害公共健康。
危及经济复苏
The sudden rise in interest rates could imperil economic recovery.
利率突然上升可能危及经济复苏。
危及全球稳定
The ongoing conflict may imperil global stability.
持续的冲突可能危及全球稳定。
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imperil 里藏着 peril（危险），前面的 im- 像“进入”，合起来就是使陷入危险、危及。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文书、新闻报道、学术写作 imperil 是正式用词，通常用于书面语或正式场合，多出现在正式报告、新闻报道及学术文章中；日常口语中较少使用，常可用 endanger 代替。
peril rhymes with the stressed part of imperil (/perəl/). imperial looks very similar but is pronounced /ɪmˈpɪriəl/ and means '帝国的'. fossil and pupil share the written ending -il with imperil, but their stressed vowels do not match, so they do not rhyme.
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