threaten是什么意思及用法呢
threaten的音标: 英音 [ 'θretn ]; 美音 [ 'θretn ]
threaten的意思是:
动词讲解:
1.[T,I] 扬言要,威胁,恐吓,恫吓
2.[T,I] 预示…的凶兆,有…的危险
3.及物动词解释: 危及,对…构成威胁
词形变化:副词:threateningly;名词:threatener;时态:threatened,threatening,threatens。
同义词:endanger,imperil,jeopardise,jeopardize,menace,peril;
。 单词分析: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的英语解释:
pose a threat to; present a danger to
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:
to be a menacing indication of something:
相关短语:
threaten the existence of 威胁到…的存在
threaten proceedings 【法】 以起诉恐吓
threaten sb with death 用死来恐吓某人
threaten sb. with lawsuit 【法】 以诉讼威胁某人
threaten to do sth 威胁要做某事
threaten的例句:
Your ships are now passing east of iceland and will soon be in a position from which they can threaten our trade routes to Europe
你们的军舰现在正从冰岛以东通过,很快就将进入可以威胁我们通往欧洲的贸易航线的位置。
Runaway crime rates can threaten social stability and create a sense of insecurity among the people
否则罪案泛滥,造成社会动荡不安,人民不能安居乐业,全民因而遭殃。
It has also pledged in an unequivocal manner thereafter that it will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states.
后来又明确保证不对无核武器国家使用或威胁使用核武器。
The editorial notes that the new government does not threaten Buddhism.
社论声明新政府不侵犯佛教。
I conclude with the hope that the disparity of actual and potential production may not be so great as to threaten both man and the biosphere
我怀着这样的希望,那就是现实的和潜在的生产量的差异,不致于大到威胁人类和生物圈的程度。
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