threaten

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基本釋義

v.
恐嚇; 對(duì)…構(gòu)成威脅

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

They broke my windows and threatened me.

他們?cè)宜槲业拇白硬⑼{我。

牛津詞典

The attacker threatened them with a gun.

襲擊者用槍威脅他們。

牛津詞典

He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.

他受到警告,如果繼續(xù)上班遲到,就被辭退。

牛津詞典

The threatened strike has been called off.

揚(yáng)言要進(jìn)行的罷工被取消了。

牛津詞典

The hijackers threatened to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met.

劫機(jī)者要挾說,如果他們的要求得不到滿足,他們每過一小時(shí)就殺死一名乘客。

牛津詞典

A storm was threatening.

暴風(fēng)雨即將來臨。

牛津詞典

This dispute threatens to split the party.

這一分歧可能會(huì)造成黨的分裂。

牛津詞典

The clouds threatened rain.

烏云密布預(yù)示大雨將至。

牛津詞典

Pollution is threatening marine life.

污染正危及海洋生物。

牛津詞典

He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town...

他說陸軍軍官們?cè){要摧毀那座小鎮(zhèn)。

He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife...

他把她捆起來,拿著一把 6 英寸長的刀子威脅她。

The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers...

新來的工人直接威脅到老工人的飯碗。

The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities...

我們社會(huì)的團(tuán)結(jié)遭到了一小撮滋擾生事、不安分守己的群體的威脅。

The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war...

這場戰(zhàn)斗有可能會(huì)演變?yōu)槿娴膽?zhàn)爭。

Plants must be covered with a leaf-mould or similarly protected if frost threatens.

如果霜凍來臨,植物必須蓋上腐葉土或用類似方法加以保護(hù)。

She said the situation could worsen if storms move north and threaten winter grain supplies.

她說,如果暴風(fēng)雪向北方移動(dòng),將威脅到冬季糧食的供應(yīng),局勢將進(jìn)一步惡化.

期刊摘選

There is some unease that this could threaten established fundamentals valued by cultures and disciplines.

更令人憂慮的是這有可能威脅到文化和學(xué)科所確立的基礎(chǔ)理念.

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Whatever you do, do not threaten people.

無論如何,你也不要去威脅別人.

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The clouds threaten rain.

云預(yù)示有雨.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Lao Tzu said, " The people fear not death, why threaten them with it? "

老子說過: “ 民不畏死, 奈何以死懼之. ”

期刊摘選

Proponent threaten of the dead is met later appeal masses holds meeting, put forward to protest.

死者的支持者揚(yáng)言稍后會(huì)號(hào)召群眾舉行集會(huì), 提出抗議.

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And they feel that unknown dangers in the business world threaten the survival of businessestheir business.

他們覺得生意場上未知的危險(xiǎn)威脅著他們事業(yè)的生存.

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Don't threaten me with death; I'm past caring!

別用死來威脅我, 我不在乎!

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But new technologies for distributing movies and television shows now threaten to overwhelm these national barriers.

不過,新的電影與電視節(jié)目傳播技術(shù)出現(xiàn)以后,這些國家的保護(hù)屏障開始受到威脅.

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Their large size alone is enough to intimidate any other animal that may threaten them.

光憑他們的大個(gè)子就足以嚇唬那些可能威脅他們的其他任何動(dòng)物了.

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Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.

烏去預(yù)示著有一場風(fēng)暴.

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真題例句

Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had, she says.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

Failing states are of international concern because they are a source of terrorists, drugs, weapons and refugees , threatening political stability everywhere.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

出自-2016年12月聽力原文

He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

However, today is a new era in which taking antibiotics can cause some very dangerous and potentially life threatening situations.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

And faculty members will be wary of any change that threatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into the workforce.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance.

出自-2010年考研翻譯原文

But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

These new forms were at first mainly written by scholars and performed by amateurs, but in England, as everywhere else in western Europe, the growth of a class of professional actors was threatening to make the drama popular, whether it should be new or old, classical or medieval, literary or farcical.

出自-2018年考研翻譯原文

Finally,because automation threatens to widen the gap between capital income and labor income, taxes and the safety net will have to be rethought.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;

    "The pollution is endangering the crops"

  • 2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

  • 3. to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain";

    "Danger threatens"

同義詞辨析

threaten, menace

這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有"威脅,恐嚇"之意。

  • threaten: 側(cè)重?fù)P言要對(duì)不服從者給予懲罰,有時(shí)指某種情況所預(yù)示的惡兆。
  • menace: 系正式用詞,著重以臉色或某種意志給以威脅,而不用語言明白表示出來。

同義詞

vt.預(yù)示,是...的征兆

alertadviseforebodeadmonishwarncaution

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