be in peril

基本解释

If News Corp. is guilty, the FCC licenses of its 27 U.S. television stations could be in peril.
如果新闻集团违法，该集团位于美国的27家电视台的联邦通讯委员会（FCC）牌照将岌岌可危。
Bats are the hidden guardians of Britain's ecosystems and scientists fear they might be in peril.
蝙蝠是不列颠生态系统的幕后监护者，科学家们担心它们正处于危险境地。
Thus, even when believing him to be in peril, they understood, I will not say his thought, but his nature, to such a degree that they no longer watched over him.
我不说她们能了解他的思想，但是她们了解他的性格，因而即使知道他是在危险中，也只好不过问。

Or help people who might be in peril for some reason?
NPR: Alaska Town Watched by Eighty Security Cameras
Alas, this unique relationship may be in peril.
FORBES: The Small Bank-Small Business Cascade
And the right to a fair trial must not be put in peril.
ECONOMIST: Anxiety about wiretapping