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单词 threat
释义
threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
B2
asuggestionthat somethingunpleasantorviolentwillhappen,especiallyif aparticularactionororderis notfollowed:
威胁，恐吓
[+ to infinitive]Herparentscarriedouttheirthreattotake away hermobilephoneif hergradesdidn'timprove.她父母威胁说，如果她不能提高成绩，就要没收她的手机。
The threatofjailfailedtodeterhim frompettycrime.坐牢的可能也没能吓住他小偷小摸。
Drunkendriversposeaseriousthreat(=causea lot ofharm)tootherroadusers.酒后驾车者对其他路人构成了严重威胁。
He says he'lltelltheauthoritiesbut it's just anemptythreat(= it will nothappen).他称他要向当局报告，不过那只是一句吓唬人的话。
be under threat ofsomething
to be in asituationwherepeoplearethreateningyou with somethingbadorunpleasant:
受到…的威胁
Sheleftthecountryunder threat ofarrestif shereturned.她离开了那个国家，并被警告说一旦返回就会被逮捕。
More examples
  • Nuclearweaponsposea threat to everyone.
  • Thepolicehave to take anyterroristthreatseriously.
  • It ishopedthat the kidnappers will notcarryouttheirthreat tokillthehostages.
  • Threemainlinerailwaystationswereclosedbecause ofbombthreats.
  • Thekeywitnessfor theprosecutionwasofferedpoliceprotectionafter shereceiveddeaththreats.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • on/under pain of deathidiom
  • or elseidiom
  • parlous
  • peril
  • perilous
  • precipice
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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Unsafe and insecure
(Definition ofthreatfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

threat| American Dictionary

threat
noun
us
/θret/

threatnoun(PROMISE TO HURT)

[C]
astatementthat someone will behurtorharmed,esp. if thepersondoes not do something inparticular:
She wasfiredafter making threats to her co-workers.

threatnoun(UNWANTED POSSIBILITY)

[C/U]
thepossibilitythat somethingunwantedwillhappen, or apersonor thing that islikelytocausesomethingunwantedtohappen:
[U]A threat ofrainis in today’sforecast.
[U]Theboundarydisputeraisedthe threat ofwar.
(Definition ofthreatfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthreat

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Then why doesthreatsimulation co-occur with psychological troubles?
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In approaching their prospects, network marketers enjoy the privilege of exploiting the element of intimacy by reducing the potentialthreatto their prospects' negative face.
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Some participants reported that thethreatwas current and ongoing, while others did not think it would happen for over 6 months.
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Could one overcome thethreatto the interest theory by arguing that interests are ranked only by their contribution to further interests?
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The simulation ofthreatrecognition is supposed to proceed in the following way.
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It is also not unique in suffering high levels of air and water pollution and facing severe threats to its biological resources.
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This may have been used as both reward andthreat.
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Yet, this may be ultimately the most manageable of the threats.
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Even the most salient traces typically represent only relatively mild threats.
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In the wider context of the decade this was a disturbingthreatto a nominally ordered society.
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And certainly there are persons to whom no furtherthreatcan be made.
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The child is never personally in danger; the threats are directed against some characters in the story.
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These findings strongly suggest that future research efforts may be profitably directed toward this heretofore underappreciatedthreatto children's adjustment.
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Perhaps the most vexing aspect of this validitythreatis the problems associated with polytomously scored responses, specifically deciding how to weight partially correct responses.
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This notion ofthreatstimuli includes signals that connote or predict punishment.
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Collocationswiththreat

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These are words often used in combination withthreat.

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competitive threat
These switches reflect consumers' free choice and serve as acompetitivethreatto the sickness funds.
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constant threat
Is not theconstantthreatof force the worst nightmare of friends of liberty?
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continual threat
Such hardships were attributed by the missionaries to the insecurities brought about by the continual threat of discovery and persecution.
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