考研英语大纲常考词组短语 in peril of


释义：

in peril of 冒着…的危险

例句：


The refugees were constantly in peril of death from hunger.

难民随时都有饿死的危险。



It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse.

今年是大选年，同时美国经济又有可能陷入衰退、甚至更糟糕的境地。



Because the ground is always frozen, there is little indoor plumbing and most bathrooms are outhouses and cell phones and car engines are constantly in peril of freezing over.

由于地面一直结着冰，室内几乎都没有水暖设备，大多数浴室都在外屋。手机和汽车发动机经常有被冻结的危险。



How can they turn from melancholy when at home they see young arrayed against old, black against white, neighbor against neighbor, so that they stand in peril of social discord.

他们如何能够摆脱忧愁：如果他们在家里看见年轻人列阵反对老人，黑人反对白人，邻居反对邻居，因而他们经受着社会冲突的危险。



Mr Blair with his slightly ready smile and his boyish energy was, when Mr Hague's age (36), in some peril of being labelled a twit.