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threaten美 ['θret(ə)n] 英 ['θret(ə)n] - v.威胁；危及；恐吓；扬言要
- 网络预示；威胁点；有….的危险
第三人称单数：threatens 现在分词：threatening 过去式：threatened v.+n. threaten stability,threaten peace,threaten security,threaten strike,threaten balance v. intimidate,bully,menace,warn,terrorize 1. | [t] 扬言要；威胁；恐吓to say that you will cause trouble, hurt sb, etc. if you do not get what you want |
| They broke my windows and threatened me. 他们砸碎我的窗子并威胁我。 | | The attacker threatened them with a gun. 袭击者用枪威胁他们。 | | 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。 | | The threatened strike has been called off. 扬言要进行的罢工被取消了。 | | 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。 | | They threatened that passengers would be killed. 他们要挟说要杀死乘客。 |
2. | [i][t] 预示凶兆；有…危险to seem likely to happen or cause sth unpleasant |
| A storm was threatening. 暴风雨即将来临。 | | This dispute threatens to split the party. 这一分歧可能会造成党的分裂。 | | The clouds threatened rain. 乌云密布预示大雨将至。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 危及；对…构成威胁to be a danger to sth |
| Pollution is threatening marine life. 污染正危及海洋生物。 |
v. | 1. to express an intention to do something that will cause harm, trouble, or inconvenience to somebody else unless that person does what is demanded 2. to express or indicate an intention to harm or kill somebody 3. to be a source of actual or potential harm to something 4. to signify that something bad is going to happen, especially that bad weather is going to arrive 5. to seem likely to result in something unpleasant 6. to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something 7. to be likely to harm or destroy something 8. if something bad or unpleasant threatens, it is likely to happen or to affect you 9. (of danger,etc.)seem likely to happen or come 1. to express an intention to do something that will cause harm, trouble, or inconvenience to somebody else unless that person does what is demanded 2. to express or indicate an intention to harm or kill somebody 3. to be a source of actual or potential harm to something 4. to signify that something bad is going to happen, especially that bad weather is going to arrive 5. to seem likely to result in something unpleasant 6. to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something 7. to be likely to harm or destroy something 8. if something bad or unpleasant threatens, it is likely to happen or to affect you 9. (of danger,etc.)seem likely to happen or come |
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