place sth. at risk中等

Consequently — and paradoxically — laws introduced to protect the jobs of ordinary workers may be placing those jobs at risk.

因此——也很矛盾的是——为保护普通工人的工作而出台的法律，可能正在使这些工作面临风险。

If not placing jobs at risk, to the extent employment protection laws constrain business owners from dismissing under-performing managers, those laws act as a constraint on firm productivity and therefore on workers’ wages.

即使没有使工作面临风险，只要就业保护法限制企业主解雇表现不佳的经理，这些法律就会制约企业的生产率，进而制约工人的工资。