imperil
单词辨析：
指使人或事物遭受危险、破坏等。
Smoking endangers your health.
吸烟有害健康。
A war would endanger millions of lives.
战争会危及无数人的生命。
可与 endanger 换用，但更强调未来的危险。
The security of the nation was imperiled/endangered.
该国的安全受到威胁。
The flood imperiled/endangered the villagers' lives.
洪水危及到村民的生命。
指对人或事物构成威胁。
Pollution is threatening marine life.
污染正危及海洋生物。
This scandal threatens to ruin his chances in the election.
这桩丑闻威胁到他的竞选前途。
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I will not imperil my soul. I will uphold the justice of the Church.
我不愿使我的灵魂受到玷污，我要维护教会法律的公正。
We must do nothing to imperil our good name.
我们不能做任何有损我们名誉的事情。
A victory for Allende would imperil our interests in the western hemisphere.
阿连德一旦获胜，就将危及我们在西半球的利益。
The survival frequency is still low, it seriously imperil the health and the livings of the People.
胃癌的生存率很低，严重危害人的生活和健康。
In his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Mr Buffett recounted how frozen credit markets dovetailed with tumbling home and stock prices to imperil many banks and produce "a paralysing fear that engulfed the country".
在他写给伯克希尔股东的年度信件中，巴菲特详述了陷入冻结的信贷市场如何与暴跌的房价、股价结合在一起，危及众多银行，引发“一种席卷全国的令人瘫痪的恐惧”。
Pawnbrokers do not make credit checks, and using them does not imperil credit ratings.
典当行不需要信用调查，也不会损害当户的信用记录。