Threaten
[ 'θr?tn ]
第2級(jí)
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vt.& vi. 預(yù)示（某事）;恐嚇;危及;預(yù)示兇兆;
vi. 似將發(fā)生;威脅;
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threat 威脅+ en表動(dòng)詞 → 威脅，恐嚇
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Black clouds threaten a storm.
烏云是暴風(fēng)雨的先兆。
If his servants oppose me, I shall threaten them off with these pistols.
如果他的仆人們頑抗，我就要用這些手槍把他們嚇走。
I don't mean to threaten.
我沒(méi)有威脅的意思。
It's a very cheap way to threaten an old lady like this.
這樣威脅老太太太卑鄙了。
Aggressive nations threaten world peace.
侵略成性的國(guó)家威脅世界和平.
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threaten
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1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (with sth) make a threat or threats against sb; try to influence sb by threats 恐嚇或威脅某人
threaten an employee with dismissal 以開(kāi)除要挾雇員
My attacker threatened me with a gun. 攻擊我的人用槍威脅我.
2 [Tn, Tt] use (sth) as a threat 用（某事）相要挾
He threatened legal action. 他以起訴相要挾.
The hijackers threatened to kill all the passengers if their demands were not met. 劫機(jī)者揚(yáng)言若不滿足他們的要求, 就把乘客都?xì)⑺? 3
(a) [It, Tn] give warning of (sth) 預(yù)示（某事）
It keeps threatening to snow, ie Snow seems likely all the time. 天總像是要下雪.
The clouds threatened rain. 有烏云預(yù)示要下雨.
(b) [I, It] seem likely to occur or to do sth undesirable 似將發(fā)生; 似將做出令人不快的事
under a threatening sky 在陰沉的天空下
If a gale threatens, do not go to sea. 假若要起風(fēng), 就不要出海.
a mistake that threatens to be costly 可能造成重大損失的錯(cuò)誤.
4 [Tn] be a threat to (sb/sth) 對(duì)（某人[某事]）構(gòu)成威脅
the dangers that threaten us 威脅著我們的種種危險(xiǎn)
a species threatened by/with extinction 有滅絕之虞的物種.> threateningly adv
The dog growled at me threateningly.那條狗對(duì)著我狂吠, 很嚇人.
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后綴:en 表示做,使成為,使變成
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*['θretn]vt. 恐嚇, 威脅, 預(yù)示...的兇兆vi. 威脅, 恫嚇, 可能來(lái)臨【經(jīng)】 威脅相關(guān)詞組: threaten to do sth threaten sb with death
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Nice weather today, isn't it?
天氣不錯(cuò)，是吧？
How far is it to the university?
它離大學(xué)多遠(yuǎn)？
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到，特別是在中國(guó)和日本這些使用文字而不是字母的國(guó)家，這是多么有用處！