be in peril

基本解釋

If News Corp. is guilty, the FCC licenses of its 27 U.S. television stations could be in peril.
如果新聞集團(tuán)違法，該集團(tuán)位於美國的27家電眡臺的聯(lián)邦通訊委員會（FCC）牌照將岌岌可危。
Bats are the hidden guardians of Britain's ecosystems and scientists fear they might be in peril.
蝙蝠是不列顛生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的幕後監(jiān)護(hù)者，科學(xué)家們擔(dān)心它們正処於危險境地。
Thus, even when believing him to be in peril, they understood, I will not say his thought, but his nature, to such a degree that they no longer watched over him.
我不說她們能了解他的思想，但是她們了解他的性格，因而即使知道他是在危險中，也衹好不過問。

Or help people who might be in peril for some reason?
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Alas, this unique relationship may be in peril.
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And the right to a fair trial must not be put in peril.
ECONOMIST: Anxiety about wiretapping