详解中学英语常用词汇（21）（中）

risk 的用法

二、常用搭配：

1）at the risk of +n ; at the risk of doing sth.冒着……的危险（做某事）

例如：He rescued the drowning child at the risk of his life. 他冒着生命危险救了那个落水的儿童。

At the risk of seeming rude, Im afraid I have to leave now. 恕我失礼，恐怕我现在必须走了。

2）take a risk/take risks. 冒险。例如：

We do not expect untrained people to take risks. 我们不主张未受过培训的人员去冒险。

I took a risk in telling him the news at that moment. 我当时把这个消息告诉他，是冒了风险的。

3）take/run the risk of doing sth= risk doing sth 冒险做某事。例如：

He took/ran the risk of losing his own life and saved my life in the cold river.他冒着失去自己生命的危险，在冰冷的河水里救了我的命。

4）risk ones life to do sth. 冒着某人的生命危险去做某事。例如：

Why will you be willing to risk your life to challenge the laws of nature?

你为什么愿意冒着生命危险去挑战自然法则 ？

5）risk doing sth.冒险做某事。例如：

They were willing to risk losing their jobs.他们愿意冒失业的危险. The boatman was willing to risk ferrying them across.船夫愿冒险渡他们过江。

6） be at risk 处于危险之中；有危险的，有风险的：

With the climate changing , the whole world is now at the risk.随着气候的不断变化，整个世界正处在危险之中。The sick and lonely are most at risk 患病又无人陪护的人风险最大。

7）put …… at the risk 使得某人处于危险之中

It isn’t worth saving a few minutes to put yourself at the risk. 为了节省几分钟而把自己置于危险之中是不值的。

8） a risk of sth …的危险；A risk of sb. doing sth. 某人做某事的危险：there is a risk of side effects. 有产生副作用的危险。There is no risk of them being sued. 他们没有被起诉的危险。

9）at one’s own risk 自己承担风险：It’s at your own risk.那是风险自担的。

另外， A fire risk 火灾隐患， take no risks 慎重行事；at ones own [the owners, the buyers] risk (损失、风险等)由自已[物主、买主] 负责；at all risks＝at any risk无论冒什么险，无论如何 。