hazard

danger, risque

Quelque chose qui peut blesser une personne ou causer des dégâts.

En anglais simple : Something that can cause harm, injury, or damage.

• That broken step is a hazard.
• Smoking creates a serious fire hazard.
• Workers must report any safety hazards they notice.

Comment l'utiliser : hazard to someone/something (Loose wires are a hazard to children.)

Synonymes : danger, threat

Expressions courantes : fire hazard, health hazard, safety hazard, hazard to someone

obstacle

Zone de sable ou d’eau sur un terrain de golf qui rend les coups plus difficiles.

En anglais simple : An area of sand or water on a golf course that makes hitting the ball more difficult.

• The ball landed in a hazard.
• A water hazard lies beside the green.
• She avoided both hazards with a long shot.

Synonymes : obstacle

Expressions courantes : water hazard, sand hazard, hit a hazard, avoid the hazard

risque, péril

Possibilité de subir un dommage ou de perdre quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The possibility of suffering harm or losing something.

• The journey involved considerable hazard.
• They continued despite the hazard of injury.
• She spoke out at the hazard of her reputation.

Comment l'utiliser : at the hazard of something (He helped them at the hazard of his own life.)

Synonymes : risk, danger, peril

Contraires : safety

Expressions courantes : at great hazard, hazard of death, personal hazard

risquer, hasarder

Risquer quelque chose ou avancer une supposition ou une opinion sans être sûr de soi.

En anglais simple : To take a risk with something or offer an uncertain guess or opinion.

• I can hazard a guess.
• He hazarded his life to save her.
• Would you hazard an opinion on the result?

Synonymes : risk, venture

Expressions courantes : hazard your life, hazard a guess, hazard an opinion, hazard a prediction