Threaten
[ 'θrɛtn ]
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vt.& vi. 预示（某事）;恐吓;危及;预示凶兆;
vi. 似将发生;威胁;
💡 词根助记
threat 威胁+ en表动词 → 威胁，恐吓
📝 例句
Black clouds threaten a storm.
乌云是暴风雨的先兆。
If his servants oppose me, I shall threaten them off with these pistols.
如果他的仆人们顽抗，我就要用这些手枪把他们吓走。
I don't mean to threaten.
我没有威胁的意思。
It's a very cheap way to threaten an old lady like this.
这样威胁老太太太卑鄙了。
Aggressive nations threaten world peace.
侵略成性的国家威胁世界和平.
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📖 牛津释义
threaten
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (with sth) make a threat or threats against sb; try to influence sb by threats 恐吓或威胁某人
threaten an employee with dismissal 以开除要挟雇员
My attacker threatened me with a gun. 攻击我的人用枪威胁我.
2 [Tn, Tt] use (sth) as a threat 用（某事）相要挟
He threatened legal action. 他以起诉相要挟.
The hijackers threatened to kill all the passengers if their demands were not met. 劫机者扬言若不满足他们的要求, 就把乘客都杀死. 3
(a) [It, Tn] give warning of (sth) 预示（某事）
It keeps threatening to snow, ie Snow seems likely all the time. 天总像是要下雪.
The clouds threatened rain. 有乌云预示要下雨.
(b) [I, It] seem likely to occur or to do sth undesirable 似将发生; 似将做出令人不快的事
under a threatening sky 在阴沉的天空下
If a gale threatens, do not go to sea. 假若要起风, 就不要出海.
a mistake that threatens to be costly 可能造成重大损失的错误.
4 [Tn] be a threat to (sb/sth) 对（某人[某事]）构成威胁
the dangers that threaten us 威胁著我们的种种危险
a species threatened by/with extinction 有灭绝之虞的物种.> threateningly adv
The dog growled at me threateningly.那条狗对著我狂吠, 很吓人.
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后缀:en 表示做,使成为,使变成
🔁 扩展释义
*['θretn]vt. 恐吓, 威胁, 预示...的凶兆vi. 威胁, 恫吓, 可能来临【经】 威胁相关词组: threaten to do sth threaten sb with death
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Nice weather today, isn't it?
天气不错，是吧？
How far is it to the university?
它离大学多远？
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到，特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家，这是多么有用处！