high-risk

adjective
🔊/ˌhaɪ ˈrɪsk/
🔊/ˌhaɪ ˈrɪsk/
[usually before noun]
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  1. involving a lot of danger and the risk of injury, death, damage, etc.有高风险的;高危的
    • Rock climbing is a high-risk sport that requires special equipment and training.攀岩是一项高风险的运动,需要特殊的设备和训练。
    • a high-risk strategy高风险策略
    • high-risk patients (= who are very likely to get a particular illness)高危病人
    • high-risk offernders/individuals高风险的要约人/个人
    compare low-risk
    Extra Examples
    • Ideally the technique should be limited to high-risk patients.理想的做法是,该技术仅限于用在高危病人身上。
    • It's a high-risk venture that will require a lot of capital.那是一项需要投入大量资金的高风险经营项目。
    • Miners are a high-risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
    Topics Dangerb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHigh-risk is used with these nouns:
    • behaviour
    • cargo
    • category
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