Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

zagrożenie niebezpieczeństwo in English:

1. peril peril


It put their lives in peril.
Let me thank you ahead of time for guarding us all from the perils beyond the wall.
The spectre creeps behind you, ignore him at your peril
For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
They faced the peril of falling rocks.
Many wild animals are in peril of losing their lives.
There’s lots of peril that you’re going to face but
exposure to peril / needless exposure to peril
People are unaware of the peril these miners face each day
I knew that no peril could come to me if I stayed alert
Great danger, or something that is very dangerous. I never felt that my life was in peril.
You felt that people often underestimated this man, much to their own peril.
They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends.
a sign warning of the peril of falling rocks; a warning about the perils of drug abuse
Do you see some peril from up there?

English word "zagrożenie niebezpieczeństwo"(peril) occurs in sets:

angielski rozne

2. jeopardy


put sth in jeopardy
There had been talk of the first SpaceX unmanned mission to the Red Planet in a couple of years' time. All its timetables will now be in jeopardy.

3. threat


It's not a threat.
He sees any easiness as a threat to his masculinity, so he always starts games on hard mode and ends up stuck on the first level for days.
There are so many anti-smoking campaigns these days; maybe smoking really is a threat to the public order.
But the Nobel Committee said that poverty was a threat to world peace, and Mother Teresa worked against poverty.
In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
Today young people find themselves, through no fault of their own, living in a world torn by international bitterness and the threat of nuclear destruction.
We must also threaten them with changing the bottom-down to bottom-up approach.
threat = something which can put us in danger
Professor Hawking has said recently that efforts to create thinking machines are a threat to our existence. A threat means something which can put us in danger.
But we all face risks every day by eating, drinking, walking and driving – simply going about our daily lives carries all sorts of unseen threats.
What do we mean by empty threats? By empty threats we mean something that won't really be done.
a life-threatening situation
Even a million Dothraki are no threat to the realm, as long as they remain on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
The team we're playing this weekend is a bit of a threat, but I'm sure we can beat them.
Christopher Columbus's infinite accomplishments are a threat to Google, who do not know how to index infinity when someone searches for "Christopher Columbus".

4. hazard


A pot belly is an occupational hazard for office workers.
Do you care to hazard a guess?
This is a hazard to your health.
The hazards of flying aren’t very high.
The most serious hazard in space is radiation.
Just think before you start work - know the hazards.
The World Disasters Report 2018, released on Wednesday, has found that more than two billion people have been affected by natural disasters over the past decade, mostly by weather-related hazards including floods, storms and bushfires.
... greater populations living in hazard- exposed areas.”
An example of an injunction is a tenant forcing his or her landlord to make repairs to his or her apartment due to a safety hazard.
hazardous substance
Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population.
Report all potential hazards to a superior.
Modern wind turbines are almost silen, rotating so slowly that they are rarely a hazard to birds.
What are the main health hazards to construction workers on the site?
Put your hazard lights on if you are parking here.