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danger · dangerous

危险
wēi xiǎn
WordHSK 3
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And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
我知道你们的所做的一切并不只是为了赢得选举，我也知道你们做这一切并不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白前面的任务有多么艰巨。即便我们今晚欢呼庆祝，我们也知道明天将面临我们一生之中最艰难的挑战——两场战争、一个面临危险的星球，一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。
It is dangerous to jump onto a moving train.
跳上一列正在开的火车是很危险的。
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.
就在我们今晚站在这里的时刻，我们知道勇敢的美国士兵在伊拉克的沙漠里和阿富汗的群山中醒来，他们冒着生命危险来保护着我们的生命。
This river is dangerous to swim in.
在这条河里游泳很危险。
Cornered prey is the most dangerous kind.
最危险的猎物是无路可走的那种。
Synonyms
Synonyms
(lit.) as if walking on thin ice (idiom) · (fig.) extremely cautious如履薄冰rú lu:3 bó bīngin imminent peril (danger) · like fish swimming in a cooking pot鱼游釜中yú yóu fǔ zhōngby (or with) the skin of one's teeth · a hundredweight hanging by hair in imminent peril · a thousand piculs suspended by a single hair · in a most dangerous condition (very critical situation) · an impending disaster · hang upon a thread · be in the balance · the sword of Damocles一发千钧yī fà qiān jūncritical · desperate (situation)危急wēi jí(lit.) to show the wolf into the house (idiom) · (fig.) to introduce a potential source of trouble引狼入室yǐn láng rù shìlit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) · fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
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