dangerous: applies to whatever may cause loss or harm unless dealt with carefully: soldiers on a ~ mission.
hazardous: implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure and small chance of successfully avoiding disaster: claims that smoking is ~ to your health.
precarious: suggests insecurity and uncertainty resulting from danger or hazard: has only a ~ hold on reality.
perilous: strongly implies the immediacy of danger: the situation at the foreign embassy has grown ~. (immediate直接: 之间没有任何其他东西)
risky: often applies to a known and voluntarily accepted danger: shy away from ~ investments. (shy away回避,避开:Alan doesn't shy away from controversy艾伦不回避争议 )