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If someone is in danger, they are in a situation where they may be harmed or die:
The lifeguard failed to spot that our son was in danger.
The pilot's first duty was to ensure the passengers were not in danger.
If something is in danger, it may be damaged or destroyed:
Another set of bad results could put the school's reputation in danger.
The spread of the disease means that the entire forest is in danger.
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They chose to stay, knowing that they were placing themselves in danger.
The islands' giant tortoises were in danger when tons of oil seeped from a grounded tanker.
He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger.他的车开得太快了，当时我真的觉得自己会有生命危险。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
balefully
baneful
banefully
black spot
hang
hang over something
hazard
hazardous
hazardously
on/under pain of deathidiom
or elseidiom
parlous
parlously
peril
someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom
tombstoning
treacherously
triple threat
ultra-hazardous
venturesome
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