risk的用法與搭配
1. 用作動詞時,爲及物動詞,表示“冒……的危險”“使遭受危險”。如:
They risk their lives in order that we may live more safely. 他們冒了生死危險使我們生活得更安全。
後接動詞作賓語時,要用動名詞,不能用不定式。如:
They risked losing everything. 他們冒失去一切的危險。
A lot of people run the risk of being killed. 許多人冒著被殺害的危險。
2. 用作名詞時,注意以下用法:
(1) 要表示冒危險,通常與動詞run, take等搭配。如:
Why run the risk? 爲什麽要冒這種危險?
There was so much to lose (that) we couldn’t take any risks. 損失這麽多,我們不能冒任何風險了。
(2) 表示“……的危險”,其後通常不接不定式,而接 of doing sth。如:
He dare not run [take] the risk of being caught by the police. 他不敢冒被警察抓住的危險。
There’s not much risk of losing money if you bet on that horse. 如果你押那匹馬,輸錢的風險不太大。
比較run [take] the risk of doing sth與run [take] a risk in doing sth:前者指冒做某事的危險或風險,其中的of doing sth爲脩飾the risk的定語;後者指做某事有危險或冒風險,其中的in doing sth是狀語,in有類似when的含義。如:
I took a risk in telling him the news at that moment. 我那時把消息告訴他,那是冒了風險的。
(3) 注意以下習語的用法:
①at risk 処境危險,在危險中
How much at risk is the smoker? 吸菸者的危險性有多大?
②at one’s own risk 對發生的事負責,自擔風險
Persons swimming beyond this point do so at their own risk. 遊泳者超越此界限若有意外後果自負。
③at the risk of 冒……的危險
He saved my life at the risk of losing his own. 他冒著生命危險救了我的性命。