threaten

/thret-n/US // ˈθrɛt n //UK // (ˈθrɛtən) //

威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- : to be a menace or source of danger to: Sickness threatened her peace of mind.
- : to offer by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation.
- : to give an ominous indication of: The clouds threaten rain.

v.无主动词 verb

verbwarn, pressure

Forms: threatened, threatening, threatens

Synonyms

A deadly pig disease has just entered Germany for the first time, threatening to hammer exports from Europe’s biggest hog-producing nation.
The scuttlebutt was that about half a million dollars of advertising was threatening to walk unless something was done.
McDade subsequently threatened his attackers in a Facebook Live video he made.
These often can be removed before they progress to life-threatening stages.
One could ask why trying to persuade someone to wear a mask would threaten their dignity.
Anyone willing to threaten war over a joke is clearly not playing with a full deck.
Seevakumaran uploaded six videos to YouTube on March 17, just hours before he would threaten his roommate and commit suicide.
Second, they threaten one of the most precious resources in our state: public education that is open to all children.
“I meet with the editors, I write them letters, I threaten them,” he said.
Nothing may actually threaten America more than our own fears.
There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
I suppose you think it's brave to come back from the front and threaten a defenceless man with a revolver?
To raise a club over the head of another and to strike if he speaks, would be an assault.

/thret-n/US // ˈθrɛt n //UK // (ˈθrɛtən) //

威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- : to be a menace or source of danger to: Sickness threatened her peace of mind.
- : to offer by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation.
- : to give an ominous indication of: The clouds threaten rain.

v.无主动词 verb

verbwarn, pressure

Forms: threatened, threatening, threatens

Synonyms

A deadly pig disease has just entered Germany for the first time, threatening to hammer exports from Europe’s biggest hog-producing nation.
The scuttlebutt was that about half a million dollars of advertising was threatening to walk unless something was done.
McDade subsequently threatened his attackers in a Facebook Live video he made.
These often can be removed before they progress to life-threatening stages.
One could ask why trying to persuade someone to wear a mask would threaten their dignity.
Anyone willing to threaten war over a joke is clearly not playing with a full deck.
Seevakumaran uploaded six videos to YouTube on March 17, just hours before he would threaten his roommate and commit suicide.
Second, they threaten one of the most precious resources in our state: public education that is open to all children.
“I meet with the editors, I write them letters, I threaten them,” he said.
Nothing may actually threaten America more than our own fears.
There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
I suppose you think it's brave to come back from the front and threaten a defenceless man with a revolver?
To raise a club over the head of another and to strike if he speaks, would be an assault.