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单词 threaten
释义
threaten
verb
uk
/ˈθret.ən/us
/ˈθret.ən/
B2[T]
totellsomeone that you willkillorhurtthem orcauseproblemsif they do not do what youwant:
威胁，恐吓；扬言要
They threatened theshopkeeperwithagun.他们用枪威胁店主。
[+ to infinitive]They threatenedtokillhimunlesshe did as theyasked.他们威胁要杀他，除非他按他们说的去做。
C1[T]
to belikelytocauseharmordamageto something or someone:
威胁到；危害到
Changingpatternsofagricultureare threatening thecountryside.农业模式的变化可能会对农村造成破坏。
C2[I]
If somethingbadthreatens tohappen, it islikelytohappen:
预示凶兆；逼近
Look at thoseclouds! There's astormthreatening.看那些云！暴风雨要来了。
More examples
  • Greenpeaceworkstopromoteawarenessof thedangersthat threatenourplanettoday.
  • Britainthreatened tobreakoffdiplomaticrelations.
  • Amaskedrobberthreatened thebankstaffwith agun.
  • They threatened toblowup theplaneiftheirdemandswere notmet.
  • She's threatening to take me tocourtfor notpayingthebillontime.
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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Damaging and spoiling
Possible and probable
(Definition ofthreatenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

threaten| American Dictionary

threaten
verb
us
/ˈθret·ən/

threatenverb(PROMISE TO HURT)

[I/T]
totellsomeone that you willhurtorharmhim or her,esp. if thepersondoes not do something inparticular:
[I]Theythreatenedtodrophim from theteamif he didn’t come topractice.
[T]Don’t threaten me!

threatenverb(WARN OF POSSIBILITY)

[T]
towarnof somethingunpleasantorunwanted:
Shethreatenedlegalactionagainst thenewspaper.
Because ofcontinuingdrought, millions arethreatenedwithstarvation.
(Definition ofthreatenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthreaten

threaten
The restriction imposed by the statute here threatens severe impairment of the judicial function.
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Marcus in his speech uses rhetorical means to release emotion that the initial shocking sight threatened to freeze.
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After 1921, even this minimum standard was threatened when the government responded to employers' complaints by cutting back on the number of new trade boards.
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At times, legal services workers have been threatened with charges of trespass.
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Anything that threatened this balance was anathema to him.
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Though the protagonist is clearly deserving of punishment, the capricious, almost arbitrary manner of the punishment threatens to eclipse his crimes.
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When she 'heard' her thoughts, she was frightened, felt out of control and her idyllic child-like environment threatened.
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He had benefited only recently from their influence when his position as abbot was threatened.
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Apart from doubts and hostility toward the notion of education for women, one incident threatened the whole venture.
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Rather, they lived in practical uncertainty, often felt threatened, and then argued about the justice and permanence of the new order created for them.
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Many trilobites could enroll when threatened, just like the living woodlouse some of them even evolved locking devices to make their enrollment really secure.
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Even so, the threatening waters do not retreat.
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Many of them, perhaps, were children of the ladies who had threatened the archbishop's predecessor thirty years before.
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Liberal policy was unpatriotic because it recognised other national interests and threatened dissolution of the empire.
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However, in circumstances when life itself is not threatened, the purpose becomes one of preventing, or at least minimising, injury and ill-health.
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