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.
如果新聞集團違法，該集團位于美國的27家電視臺的聯(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)的幕后監(jiān)護者，科學(xué)家們擔(dān)心它們正處于危險境地。
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，也只好不過問。

Or help people who might be in peril for some reason?
NPR: Alaska Town Watched by Eighty Security Cameras
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