v.(动词)

1. 威胁，恫吓 ，恐吓，要挟，胁迫
2. 有...的危险
3. 预示（凶兆）
4. 似将发生，可能来临，像要发生，快要来临，势将发生
5. 是...的征兆， 有...之势
6. 对...虎视眈眈
7. 扬言要
8. 危及，对…构成威胁
9. 以…恫吓，以…威胁
10. 临近，迫近

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 威胁 express a threat against
2. vi. 可能会来临 (of danger, etc.) seem likely to happen or come

Verb:

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"
   

1.威胁;恐吓
If a personthreatens to do something unpleasant to you, or if theythreaten you, they say or imply that they will do something unpleasant to you, especially if you do not do what they want.

threaten在线翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2.危害到;威胁到
If something or someonethreatens a person or thing, they are likely to harm that person or thing.

threaten的反义词

e.g. The newcomers directlythreaten the livelihood of the established workers...
新来的工人直接威胁到老工人的饭碗。
e.g. 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。

3.(坏事)可能发生，将要发生
If something unpleasantthreatens to happen, it seems likely to happen.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. see also: threatened;threatening

1. 威胁：优 势(superiority) 机 会 (opportunity) 威 胁 (threaten) 劣 势(worthless) (图1) (图2) 优势(S) 劣势(W) 最佳发展 利弊各半 不易成功 放 弃 机会(O) 威胁(T) (图3) 图表中清楚地表示了优势+机会、劣势+机会、优势+威胁、劣势+

2. 脅：优 势(superiority)机会 (opportunity)威胁 (threaten)劣 势(worthless) (图1) (图2) 优势(S) 劣势(W) 最佳发展 利弊各半 不易成功放弃 机会(O) 威胁(T) (图3) 图表中清楚地表示了优势+机会、劣势+机会、优势+威胁、劣势+威胁四种

3. 威胁,快要来临,有...征兆：threat 威胁,危险迹象 |threaten 威胁,快要来临,有...征兆 | thrive 兴旺

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。

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。

Pollution is threatening marine life.

污染正危及海洋生物。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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.

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.

Whatever you do, do not threaten people.

无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人.

The clouds threaten rain.

云预示有雨.

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. ”

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.

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.

Don't threaten me with death; I'm past caring!

别用死来威胁我, 我不在乎!

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.

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.

Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.

乌去预示着有一场风暴.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
   他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都无用。
2. Knowing that danger threatened the sentry kept an extra careful watch.
   由于知道随时可能发生危险,那个哨兵格外加强了戒备。
3. While danger threatens we must all take care.
   当有危险的时候,我们都得小心谨慎。
4. In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.
   在那一年麦收的前一天,一场暴雨眼看就要来临。

S+～+to- v

1. The boss threatened to fire her.
   老板威胁要开除她。
2. They threatened to discontinue buying it.
   他们威胁说要终止这桩买卖。
3. The killer threatened to murder me if I didn't obey.
   这个杀手威胁我说,如果我不照他的话做,他就把我干掉。
4. The house threatened to topple over on them.
   房子有倒塌压着他们的危险。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. Whatever you do, don't threaten people.
   无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人。
2. Danger threatens us on every side.
   我们危机四伏。
3. Flood are threatening the town.
   洪水正在危及这个城镇。
4. The drought threatened the whole crop.
   干旱威胁着所有的庄稼。
5. The clouds threatened the rain.
   这层云预示有雨。

S+～+that-clause

1. He threatened that he would make it public.
   他威胁说要公开那件事。
2. Her father threatened that he would turn her out of doors.
   她的父亲声言要赶她出门。

引出直接引语

1. “Tell me who?” threatened the man.
   那人威胁着说:“告诉我是谁?”

用作双宾动词S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause

1. The landlord threatened his tenants that he would expel them unless they paid him within a week.
   房东威胁房客说,如果一周内不付房费给他,将把他们赶走。

threaten with (v.+prep.)

用…来威胁…,受到…的威胁 promise harm to (sb) by means of or in the form of (sth)
threaten sb with sth

The woman was threatening him with a revolver.

那女人正用手枪威胁他。

The manager threatened his employee with dismissal.

经理威胁他的雇员说要解雇他。

They threatened me with violence.

他们用暴力来威胁我。

He was threatened with death.

他受到了死亡的威胁。

The group's members were threatened with imprisonment.

这个组织的成员面临着被监禁的危险。

～+名词

• threaten%20country">threaten country威胁着国家
• threaten%20crop">threaten crop危害庄稼
• threaten%20life">threaten life威胁着生存
• threaten%20town">threaten town威胁城镇
• threaten%20rain">threaten rain预示有雨
• threaten%20storm">threaten storm预示着风暴

～+副词

• threaten%20bitterly">threaten bitterly极为失望地威胁
• threaten%20constantly">threaten constantly不断地威胁
• threaten%20directly">threaten directly直接威胁
• threaten%20direfully">threaten direfully可怕地威胁
• threaten%20seriously">threaten seriously严重地威胁
• threaten%20viciously">threaten viciously恶毒地威胁

～+介词

• threaten%20with">threaten with用…来威胁,受到…的威胁

• Threatning them with Punishment.

  出自：Hobbes

• I won't be threatened neither.

  出自：Defoe

• Mr. Jones was threatened with mob action.

  出自：G. S. Haight

v.(动词)

1. threaten的基本意思是“威胁”,指用某物或某些含有威胁意味的话来恐吓某人使其按照自己的意愿办事,含有如果不服从,将会产生严重的后果的意味。threaten还有“可能会降临”的意思,指在某事未发生之前通过某些预兆来推断其将会发生。
2. threaten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,有时还可引出直接引语。
3. threaten还可接以that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语。
4. threaten后接介词with表示“用…来威胁”。

v.(动词)

threaten, menace

这组词的共同意思是“威胁,恐吓”。其区别是：

threaten指如不服从将会有严重后果,以此相威胁,迫使别人干某事或不许别人干某事; menace多指用目光、行动或武器等对别人进行恐吓。

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。