threaten 词态变化
第三人称单数: threatens;过去式: threatened;过去分词: threatened;现在分词: threatening;
threaten 中文词源
threaten 进行威胁threat,威胁，-en,使。
threaten 英文词源
- threaten (v.)
- late 13c., "attempt to influence by menacing," from Old English þreatnian "to threaten" (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.
threaten 英文释义
- 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"
threaten 同义词解析
threaten, menace
这两个动词均有"威胁，恐吓"之意。
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。
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 双语例句
- 1. The people fear not death; why threaten them with it.
- 民不畏死, 奈何以死惧之.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Our military ties threaten no third party.
- 我们的军事关系,不威胁任何第三方.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The clouds threaten rain.
- 云预示有雨.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?
- 严格的选拔标准是否会造成精英主义，进而危及奥林匹克重在参与的理念呢？
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.
- 政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。
来自柯林斯例句
threaten 实用场景例句
- They broke my windows and threatened me.
- 他们砸碎我的窗子并威胁我。
牛津词典
- The attacker threatened them with a gun.
- 袭击者用枪威胁他们。
牛津词典
- He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
- 他受到警告，如果继续上班迟到，就被辞退。
牛津词典
- The threatened strike has been called off.
- 扬言要进行的罢工被取消了。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- A storm was threatening.
- 暴风雨即将来临。
牛津词典
- This dispute threatens to split the party.
- 这一分歧可能会造成党的分裂。
牛津词典
- The clouds threatened rain.
- 乌云密布预示大雨将至。
牛津词典
- Pollution is threatening marine life.
- 污染正危及海洋生物。
牛津词典
- He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town...
- 他说陆军军官们曾威胁要摧毁那座小镇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife...
- 他把她捆起来，拿着一把 6 英寸长的刀子威胁她。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers...
- 新来的工人直接威胁到老工人的饭碗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities...
- 我们社会的团结遭到了一小撮滋扰生事、不安分守己的群体的威胁。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war...
- 这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Plants must be covered with a leaf-mould or similarly protected if frost threatens.
- 如果霜冻来临，植物必须盖上腐叶土或用类似方法加以保护。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She said the situation could worsen if storms move north and threaten winter grain supplies.
- 她说,如果暴风雪向北方移动,将威胁到冬季粮食的供应,局势将进一步恶化.
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- There is some unease that this could threaten established fundamentals valued by cultures and disciplines.
- 更令人忧虑的是这有可能威胁到文化和学科所确立的基础理念.
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- Whatever you do, do not threaten people.
- 无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人.
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- The clouds threaten rain.
- 云预示有雨.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Lao Tzu said, " The people fear not death, why threaten them with it? "
- 老子说过: “ 民不畏死, 奈何以死惧之. ”
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- Proponent threaten of the dead is met later appeal masses holds meeting, put forward to protest.
- 死者的支持者扬言稍后会号召群众举行集会, 提出抗议.
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- And they feel that unknown dangers in the business world threaten the survival of businessestheir business.
- 他们觉得生意场上未知的危险威胁着他们事业的生存.
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- Don't threaten me with death; I'm past caring!
- 别用死来威胁我, 我不在乎!
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- But new technologies for distributing movies and television shows now threaten to overwhelm these national barriers.
- 不过,新的电影与电视节目传播技术出现以后,这些国家的保护屏障开始受到威胁.
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- Their large size alone is enough to intimidate any other animal that may threaten them.
- 光凭他们的大个子就足以吓唬那些可能威胁他们的其他任何动物了.
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- Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.
- 乌去预示着有一场风暴.
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