- 1aB2/ˈrɪski/有風險的／冒險的
Likely to end badly — if something is risky, doing it means something bad could easily happen: you could get hurt, lose something, or make a mistake.
示範例句 · Example
Doctors said the operation was too risky, so they decided to wait a few more months.
逐字醫生說那個手術太有風險了，所以他們決定再多等幾個月。
「risky」說的是「這件事帶著風險」——壞事還沒發生，但發生的機會不小：可能受傷、可能損失東西，也可能只是做錯、來不及。可以想成：risk 是「事情可能出錯的那個機會」，字尾 -y 就像「裡面裝著這個東西」。它跟 dangerous 最容易混：dangerous 用在本身就會傷人的東西（a dangerous road），risky 多半用在你自己決定要做、而且知道可能出事的事（It's risky to...）。
常見搭配
too risky (to do something)
風險太高（不值得做）
so likely to go wrong that people decide not to do it
It was raining hard, so the coach said it was too risky to play on the wet court.
a risky business
一件冒險的事
something you do that could easily go wrong
Cutting your own hair the night before a photo is a risky business.
it is risky to do something
做某件事是有風險的
doing that thing could easily lead to something bad
It is risky to carry a full glass of juice across a crowded room.
more / less risky (than)
比…更有風險／比較沒風險
having a bigger or smaller chance of going wrong than something else
Taking the bus is less risky than cycling in the rain.
highly / extremely risky
風險極高的
very likely indeed to go wrong
Building the whole town in one year was a highly risky plan.
a risky investment
有風險的投資
a use of money in which you could easily lose it
For a small shop, a big new coffee machine can be a risky investment.
core核心畫面
Picture walking across a plank that might hold and might not. Nothing has gone wrong yet — that is the point. Risky describes the moment before: the bad ending is close enough that a small slip would reach it.
原始詞典資料3 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。
riskyadj/ˈɹɪski/
- 1
Dangerous; involving risks.
- Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, daredevil
- Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
- 2
obsoleteRisqué.
- Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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