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| 1 | C/U a situation or activity that could cause harm or danger 危害；威胁 |
| +to Officials were confident there had been no threat to public health. 官员们确信没有对公众健康造成威胁。 |
| a threat to freedom/democracy 对自由/民主的威胁 |
| pose a threat The dispute poses a direct threat to peace. 这一争端对和平构成直接威胁。 |
| | 1a | C someone who might defeat you or cause problems for you 构成威胁的人 | | She is not viewed as a threat by her former employer. 她以前的老板认为她不会对自己构成威胁。 | | +to He saw the other man as a real threat to his marriage. 他认为另一名男子对自己的婚姻构成了真正威胁。 | |
| | 1b | C/U the possibility that something bad is going to happen 发生坏事的可能性；威胁；凶兆 | | +of Constant threat of attack makes everyday life dangerous here. 不断的进攻威胁使这儿的日常生活变得很危险。 | | The threat of full-scale war has not been averted. 还不能排除爆发全面战争的可能性。 | | face a threat They face the threat of terrorism every day. 他们每天都面对恐怖主义的威胁。 | |
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| 2 | C an occasion when someone says that they will cause you harm or problems, especially if you do not do what they tell you to do 恐吓；威胁 |
| make/issue a threat He would not make threats he wasn’ t prepared to carry out. 他不会只进行口头威胁而不付诸行动。 |
| +of After threats of legal action they stopped the building work. 在被威胁要诉诸法律之后，他们停止了建筑工作。 |
| an idle/empty threat (=a threat that is not serious) This isn’ t some idle threat. 虚张声势的威胁 |
| a bomb threat A bomb threat forced them to make an emergency landing. 炸弹恐吓迫使他们紧急着陆。 |
| death threats He had received death threats. 他已收到了死亡恐吓。 |
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| - | under threat
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| 1 | likely to be harmed or damaged 受到威胁的；可能受到伤害的 | An ancient religious custom is under threat. 古老的宗教习俗受到了威胁。 | | come under threat (=start being under threat) These developments meant that the peace effort came under threat. 开始受到威胁 | |
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| 2 | because of being threatened 由于受到威胁的 | +of Any contract made under threat of violence is not legal. 任何在暴力胁迫下签署的合同都是非法的。 | |
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| Words frequently used with threat | | threat 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | avert, combat, constitute, counter, dismiss, face, ignore, neutralize, pose, present, | 1 | | | |
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