dangerous
US: /ˈdeɪndʒɝəs/
UK: /dˈeɪndʒəɹəs/
UK: /dˈeɪndʒəɹəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dangerous /'deindʤrəs/
- tính từ
- nguy hiểm; hiểm nghèo, nguy ngập, nguy cấp (bệnh)
- nham hiểm, lợi hại, dữ tợn
- a dangerous man: một người nham hiểm
- a dangerous opponent: một đối thủ lợi hại
- to look dangerous: có vẻ dữ tợn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
~ (for sb) (to do sth) likely to injure or harm sb, or to damage or destroy sth: a dangerous road / illness / sport + The traffic here is very dangerous for children. + dangerous levels of carbon monoxide + The prisoners who escaped are violent and dangerous. + a conviction for dangerous driving + The situation is highly dangerous. + It would be dangerous for you to stay here.
dangerously adverb: She was standing dangerously close to the fire. + His father is dangerously ill (= so ill that he might die). + Mel enjoys living dangerously (= doing things that involve risk or danger).
Idioms: dangerous ground a situation or subject that is likely to make sb angry, or that involves risk: We'd be on dangerous ground if we asked about race or religion.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 risky, perilous, hazardous, unsafe, precarious, rickety, Colloq chancy, iffy:
Rock-climbing is very dangerous.
2 threatening, menacing, harmful, treacherous:
He is a dangerous criminal, wanted for murder.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, look, prove, seem, sound | become, get
The situation could get quite dangerous.
| remain | make sth
The ice is making the roads very dangerous tonight.
| consider sth, regard sth as
ADV.
bloody
(taboo),
exceedingly, extremely, highly, incredibly, really, terribly, very
a highly dangerous situation
| increasingly | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly | possibly, potentially | downright, positively
It's a risky idea, if not downright dangerous!
| inherently | notoriously
This route through the mountains is notoriously dangerous.
| politically
Raising income tax is considered politically dangerous.
PREP.
for
This treatment is extremely dangerous for the mother.
| to
not dangerous to humans
Concise English dictionary
deɪndʒrəs
adj.
+involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
+causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
