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threaten

英 /ˈθret(ə)n/美 /ˈθret(ə)n/
  • v.
    威胁，恐吓；危及，对……构成威胁；预示凶兆，有……危险
第三人称单数threatens
现在分词threatening
过去式threatened
过去分词threatened
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词语例句

  1. 威胁，恐吓vt.&vi.

    六级四级

    • They broke my windows and threatened me.

      他们砸碎我的窗子并威胁我。

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

      劫机者要挟说，如果他们的要求得不到满足，他们每过一小时就杀死一名乘客。

    • At their worst, they may threaten to take their children out of college or cut off funds.

      最糟糕的情况是，他们可能威胁要让孩子退学或切断资金。

  2. 危及，对……构成威胁vt.&vi.

    六级四级

    • Pollution is threatening marine life.

      污染正危及海洋生物。

    • The blizzard disaster threatens.

      暴风雪灾难构成了威胁。

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

      苏格兰一座16世纪的城堡即将坍塌，因为洪水冲走了城堡地基上的泥土，对地基的牢固性构成了威胁。

  3. 预示凶兆，有……危险vt.&vi.

    • A storm was threatening.

      暴风雨即将来临。

    • The clouds threatened rain.

      乌云密布预示大雨将至。

  1. We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet.
    我们繁衍得如此之快，以至于人口数量威胁到地球的生态系统。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. Humans also threaten carnivorous plants in other ways.
    人类还以其他方式对食肉植物产生威胁。
  3. You could threaten to replace all their tunes with white noise.
    你可以威胁用白噪音代替他们所有的曲调。

相关短语

  • threaten to
    威胁；预示；威胁着要
  • threaten to do sth
    威胁要做某事；威胁做某事；扬言要做某事
  • threaten with
    用…威胁；用…来威胁
  • to threaten
    威胁；恐吓；扬言；威吓
  • threaten to do
    扬言；预示着要；威胁着要；威胁

词语扩展

vt.
indicateforecastshadowcow
威胁；恐吓；预示
vi.
to menacehang over
威胁；可能来临
adj.
threatened受到威胁的
threatening危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的
adv.
threateningly威胁地；危险地；险恶地
n.
threat威胁，恐吓；凶兆
  • menace/threaten
    • menace系正式用词，着重以脸色或某种意志给以威胁，而不用语言明白表示出来。
    • threaten侧重扬言要对不服从者给予惩罚，有时指某种情况所预示的恶兆。

词义分布

威胁
91.4%
恐吓
2.3%
构成威胁
1.8%
扬言
1.2%
造成威胁
1%
要挟
0.8%
吓
0.6%
恫吓
0.4%
进行威胁
0.3%
预示
0.3%

英英释义

  • v.pose a threat to; present a danger to
  • v.to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:
  • v.to be a menacing indication of something:
  1. v.
    to say that you will hurt someone if they do not do what you want
    威胁；恐吓
    • Army officers threatened to destroy the town.
      陆军军官威胁要摧毁那座小镇。
    • If you threaten me, I will go to the police.
      如果你威胁我，我就去报警。
  2. v.
    to be likely to harm people or things
    危害到；威胁到
    • The fire threatened more than 1,000 homes.
      大火威胁到1,000多户人家的性命。

词源

  • threaten
    来自中世纪英语þreaten或þreten, 来自古英语þrēatian.
  • threaten进行威胁
    threat,威胁，-en,使。
  • threaten
    From Middle English þreaten or þreten, from Old English þrēatian.