• 岌岌可危

onprep.在 ... 之上；由 ... 支撑着；在（某一天）；关于；基于adv.穿着；向前（移动)；表示持续性adj.表示已连接、处于工作状态或使用中；发生；值班on dit<法语>据说，谣传

1. It is difficult to get a man to bell the cat.
   在危险中勇于挺身而出的人是不可多得的。
2. Hang the bell about the cat's neck.
   敢于在危险中挺身而出。
3. The whole future of the company is at risk.
   公司的整个前途受到威胁。
4. They are supposed to wake sound sleepers from their slumbers when their house is on fire and their lives are at stake.
   当房间着火，生命安全受到威胁时，希望它能唤醒熟睡的人们。