be at stake

Guinea's ability to normalise relations with multilateral and western donors would also be at stake due to the extent of the financing.

由于这笔融资所涉及的范围，几内亚与多边及西方捐助方关系正常化的能力也将受到影响。

"If this investigation results in Mr Li being forced to reduce his share in the company, then Air China, as an existing long-time shareholder, is likely to be interested in expanding its stake," said Li Lei, an analyst at CITIC construction securities.

“如果这项调查导致李泽源被迫减持其在深航的股份，那么中国国航作为现有长期股东，很可能有兴趣增持股份，”中信建投证券（citic construction securities）分析师李磊表示。

Witches used to be burned at the stake.

巫婆过去要被处以火刑.

There seems to be so much at stake.

这似乎事关重大。

Livelihoods may be at stake in business but not, usually, life itself.

在商场上,你的生计可能会面临威胁,但生命通常没什么危险.

Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.

如果紧急援助不能很快到达城市，成千上万条生命将危在旦夕。

There are laws related to safeguarding the data privacy of critical client data since ( along with customer loyalty and trust) revenue of millions of dollars can be at stake.

由于几百万美元的收入（以及客户忠实度和信任）都会因关键业务数据的泄露而濒于险境，因此有关保护关键客户数据的数据隐私的相关法律也日益健全。

A multilateral approach could be more fruitful, with all countries sharing rights and responsibilities to address the issues at stake.

多边途径可能更富有成效，在解决利益攸关的问题方面，所有国家分享共同的权利和责任。

After consuming plants with certain accumulation of arsenic, the health of the animals and human being will be at stake, which could be of hidden threat to food safety and living conditions.

进入环境系统的砷，通过植物积累进入动物和人的体内，给粮食安全生产、人们生活和健康带来了威胁。

Women suspected of being witches used to be bruned at the stake.

被怀疑是女巫的女人过去要被处以火刑。

Ping An could also potentially be looking at acquiring a stake in one of the UK banks, which have seen their share prices plummet since the credit squeeze started in August.

平安可能还会考虑收购一家英国银行的股份，自去年8月信贷紧缩开始以来，这些银行的股价大幅下跌。

When the Confucian which has dominated China over one thousand years seemed to be at stake, the change from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty halted this literary and idealistic revolution.

就在主宰中国已逾千年的儒家文化看似发生严重危机的时候，明清易代中断了这一场文学和思想的新变。

We cannot allow people's security to be at stake.

我们不能让人们的安全受到威胁。

The issues at stake could hardly be more important – and are vital matters not just for regulators but even more so for world leaders and finance ministers.

我们正在讨论的问题再重要不过&不仅对监管者而言，是紧要事务；对世界各国领导人与财政部长而言，更是如此。

In the real world, policemen are seldom sure whether the many ( not one) suspects they want to torture know of any plot, or how many lives might be at stake.

真实的世界中，警察很少有把握确定他们想拷问的许多个（而不是一个）疑犯是否知道任何阴谋，或者有多少条生命危如累卵。

Because it could be your life at stake.

因为你的生命会受到威胁。

It is so obvious that the sun circles the earth that people who denied it used to be burnt at the stake.

这好像是明摆着的道理，持否定观点的人甚至为此上了火刑柱。

But bigger issues are at stake too, ones that are more political and philosophical in nature: Should any bank be too big to fail?

但更大的问题也十分紧急，它们在本质上更加政治化和哲学化：应该有银行大得无法衰落么？

Your reputation may be at stake if you partake in gossip.

切忌在背后对人说三道四,以免影响自己的声誉.

And in such situations where the very survival of the community may be at stake we might call these emergency situations the conscientious statesmen must be able to respond appropriately.

而在这种情势下，社群的存活可能面临考验，我们可以称这些为紧急情势，谨慎的，政治家，必需能适时地回应。

Witches had to be burned at the stake or drowned.

必须把巫婆绑在火刑柱上烧死或者淹死.