- 1險境、危難（常用 in jeopardy）
If something is in jeopardy, it is in real danger of being lost or harmed. English almost always says in jeopardy, not a jeopardy on its own. Jobs, peace talks, wild animals, a team's place in a match — those are the kinds of things people put with this word. It sounds more formal and more serious than danger. In law, double jeopardy is the idea that you should not be tried twice for the same crime. Though actually the word started as old French jeu parti, 'a divided game': an even chance, where nobody knew who would win. That 'maybe either way' meaning has died, and only the danger meaning is left. You will also see Jeopardy! as the name of an American quiz show — that is a proper name, not this use.
From the word’s history
From Middle English jupartie, from Old French jeu parti 'a divided game, an even chance'.
源自中古法文 jeu parti「勝算各半的局面」。
組成It does not split in modern English. From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman giu parti / French jeu parti, 'a divided game, an even chance', from Latin iocus (play, jest) + partitus (divided). The even-chance meaning faded; now it means danger.
同家族的字
- jeopardizethe verb made from this noun
- jokeboth go back to Latin iocus, 'play' or 'jest'
- partythe old French parti / Latin partitus, 'divided', is the same piece as in party
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
jeopardynoun/ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/
- 1
Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
- The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.
- Thus chaunce hath (by exchaunge) the flie ſo trapt, / That ſodainly he loſt his libertee: / The more he wrange, the faſter was he wrapt [in the spider's web] / And all to thencreaſe of his ieoberdee, […]
jeopardyverb/ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/
- 1
archaicTo jeopardize; to endanger.
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