Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived f

Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one given in bracket. 

If we don’t start out now, we must risk( )the train. (miss)


【正确答案】:MISSING
【题目解析】:

本题考查常见动词的固定搭配。

risk doing意为“冒...风险”,应填miss的动名词形式missing,miss在此处意为“错过”。

句意:如果我们现在不出发的话,我们一定会有错过火车的风险。