endangered

/ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/· Adjective

环境/气候/能源B2

endangered
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Chinese meaning

濒bīn危wēi的de

濒bīn临lín灭miè绝jué、有yǒu严yán重zhòng危wēi险xiǎn

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拉lā希xī尔ěr氏shì宽kuān吻wěn海hǎi豚tún被bèi列liè为wèi濒bīn危wēi等děng级jí

Example

was reclassified from vulnerable to endangered, with fewer than 400 individuals estimated to remain in the wild.

该gāi海hǎi豚tún亚yà种zhǒng已yǐ从cóng「易yì危wēi」重chóng新xīn划huà分fēn为wèi「濒bīn危wēi」,据jù估gū计jì野yě外wài仅jǐn存cún不bú到dào400头tóu。

Source: Mongabay · 11 Sep 2026

Background ✎

拉lā希xī尔ěr氏shì宽kuān吻wěn海hǎi豚tún已yǐ被bèiIUCN从cóng「易yì危wēi」上shàng调diào为wèi「濒bīn危wēi」,野yě外wài估gū计jì仅jǐn存cún不bú到dào400头tóu。其qí主zhǔ要yào威wēi胁xié是shì在zài南nán美měi洲zhōu南nán部bù沿yán海hǎi刺cì网wǎng渔yú业yè中zhōng被bèi误wù捕bǔ致zhì死sǐ。

Roots · etymology

danger源古法语dangier,en-使动+-ed成形

  • en-(使…)+ danger(危险)+ -ed(形容词后缀)

Collocations

  • endangered species / critically endangered / endangered list

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