亚洲网紅露点

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jeopardy

[ jep-er-dee ]

noun

plural jeopardies.
  1. hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury:

    For a moment his life was in jeopardy.

    Antonyms:

  2. peril or danger:

    The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.

    Antonyms:

  3. Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.


jeopardy

/ 藞诲萧蓻辫蓹诲瑟 /

noun

  1. danger of injury, loss, death, etc; risk; peril; hazard

    his health was in jeopardy

  2. law danger of being convicted and punished for a criminal offence See also double jeopardy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jeopardy1

1200鈥50; Middle English j ( e ) uparti, joupardi ( e ), j ( e ) upardi ( e ) < Anglo-French, Old French: literally, divided game or play, hence, uncertain chance, problem (in chess or love), equivalent to j ( e ) u play, game (< Latin jocus joke ) + parti, past participle of partir to divide; party
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jeopardy1

C14: from Old French jeu parti, literally: divided game, hence uncertain issue, from jeu game, from Latin jocus joke, game + partir to divide, from Latin 辫补谤迟墨谤墨
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鈥淢any companies are eliminating roles that can be filled by AI. The truth is, if your job can be done by a bot, your job may be in jeopardy of being cut,鈥 Elliott said.

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But 鈥渢he last thing I would want is to put anyone鈥檚 career in jeopardy.鈥

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JSerra is in jeopardy of not making the playoffs if it doesn鈥檛 get an automatic spot.

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Acharya has been forced, however, to lay off two data analysts, and a third research position is in jeopardy.

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There are other national climate models, but they also appear to be in jeopardy of losing funding.

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