adventure

Compared meaning: to risk something dangerous (verb).

比较义项：冒险，使处于危险之中（动词）。

• risk

  The most common and neutral word for risking something; used with concrete or abstract objects and freely in both speech and writing.

  “冒险”一词中最常用、最中性，可用于具体或抽象的宾语，口语和书面语中都很常用。

  He risked his savings to start his own restaurant.

  他冒着赔上积蓄的风险开了自己的餐馆。

• adventure 本词

  Very rare and old-fashioned as a verb; today it survives mainly in fixed literary phrases like 'adventure oneself', not in everyday speech.

  作动词的用法非常少见、老式，如今主要出现在“adventure oneself”这类固定的文学表达中，而不用于日常口语。

  The young knight resolved to adventure himself into the dragon's lair.

  这位年轻骑士决心冒险闯入巨龙的巢穴。

• chance

  Informal, and implies relying on luck rather than careful judgment; often used with 'it', as in 'chance it', for plans and decisions.

  口语化，强调靠运气而非周密判断，常与“it”连用，如“chance it”，用于计划、决定等场合。

  She decided to chance it and drive through the storm without a map.

  她决定碰碰运气，在没有地图的情况下冒着暴风雨开车。

• hazard

  Formal or literary, often collocates with 'a guess' or 'an opinion', meaning to venture something tentatively despite possible criticism, not physical danger.

  正式或书面用语，常与“a guess”或“an opinion”搭配，表示尽管可能招致批评也大胆地试着提出看法，而不是指身体上的危险。

  The intern hesitated, then hazarded a guess about the final answer.

  实习生犹豫了一下，然后大胆猜了一下最终答案。

Risk, adventure, chance, and hazard can all mean to risk something. Risk is the most common and neutral. Adventure is rare and old-fashioned as a verb today. Chance is informal, meaning to rely on luck. Hazard is formal, often used with a guess.

这四个词在“冒险，使处于危险之中”这一动词义项上意思相近，但语域和常见搭配不同：risk最常用、最中性，hazard正式书面、常见于“hazard a guess”这类固定搭配，chance口语化、强调靠运气而非判断，adventure作动词极为罕见、古雅。此处不比较risk“风险”、chance“机会、偶然”、adventure“冒险经历”等名词义项，也不比较hazard作名词“障碍物”的用法。