at stake idiom
C2 有风险；处于危急关头
If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost.
Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. 如果紧急救援物资不能很快运到城中，数千人的生命就会有危险。
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