to be won or lost; at risk
受到威胁;生死攸关;处于危险境地
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people's lives could be at stake .人民的生命可能受到危害。
at issue or in question
在争论中,成问题
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the logical response is to give up, but there's more at stake than logic .符合逻辑的反应是放弃,但要考虑的不只是逻辑。