1·The refugees were constantly in peril of death from hunger.
难民随时都有饿死的危险。
2·It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse.
今年是大选年,同时美国经济又有可能陷入衰退、甚至更糟糕的境地。
3·Because the ground is always frozen, there is little indoor plumbing and most bathrooms are outhouses and cell phones and car engines are constantly in peril of freezing over.
由于地面一直结着冰,室内几乎都没有水暖设备,大多数浴室都在外屋。手机和汽车发动机经常有被冻结的危险。
4·How can they turn from melancholy when at home they see young arrayed against old, black against white, neighbor against neighbor, so that they stand in peril of social discord.
他们如何能够摆脱忧愁:如果他们在家里看见年轻人列阵反对老人,黑人反对白人,邻居反对邻居,因而他们经受着社会冲突的危险。
5·In spite of great peril, I have survived.
尽管危险巨大,我还是活了下来。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·He tells me he is of your party, and a close friend to the gentleman you spoke of, he is in peril from these old Puritan rulers!
他告诉我,他是你们的一伙,还是你提到的那位先生的密友呢,那位先生正受着这些老清教徒统治者的迫害嘛!
7·"It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.
安娜·萨默斯是《艺术报》的创始人和首席执行官,也是致力于修复威尼斯艺术的威尼斯危机组织的前负责人。她说:“它已被推迟至2017年。”
8·A barricade before the arrival of danger is chaos; in danger, it is discipline itself. Peril produces order.
一个街垒处在危急状态之前是混乱的,而在危急时刻则纪律严明;危难产生了秩序。
9·Each one for himself in times of peril.
在危难的时刻人人都只顾自己。
10·A tear in the face of such peril, perhaps?
面对这样的危险处境,也许会有人流眼泪?