risk的用法:
1、用作动词时,为及物动词,表示“冒……的危险”“使遭受危险”。如:
They risk their lives in order that we may live more safely. 他们冒了生死危险使我们生活得更安全。
后接动词作宾语时,要用动名词,不能用不定式。如:
They risked losing everything. 他们冒失去一切的危险。
A lot of people run the risk of being killed. 许多人冒着被杀害的危险。
2、用作名词时,注意以下用法:
(1) 要表示冒危险,通常与动词run, take等搭配。如:
Why run the risk? 为什么要冒这种危险?
There was so much to lose (that) we couldn’t take any risks. 损失这么多,我们不能冒任何风险了。
(2) 表示“……的危险”,其后通常不接不定式,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险。
There’s not much risk of losing money if you bet on that horse. 如果你押那匹马,输钱的风险不太大。
比较run [take] the risk of doing sth与run [take] a risk in doing sth:前者指冒做某事的危险或风险,其中的of doing sth为修饰the risk的.定语;后者指做某事有危险或冒风险,其中的in doing sth是状语,in有类似when的含义。如:
I took a risk in telling him the news at that moment. 我那时把消息告诉他,那是冒了风险的。