threaten
常考释义
1.[t]扬言要;威胁;恐吓to say that you will cause trouble, hurt sb, etc. if you do not get what you want
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。
They threatened that passengers would be killed.他们要挟说要杀死乘客。
2.[i][t]预示凶兆;有…危险to seem likely to happen or cause sth unpleasant
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。
3.[t]~ sth危及;对…构成威胁to be a danger to sth
Pollution is threatening marine life.污染正危及海洋生物。
If he does not meet those conditions, you can apply to the court for an order that he does not continue to threaten you with court action.
如果他不符合发送警告信的条件,你可向法院申请命令其不再继续以到法院起诉威胁你。
Now, tougher economic times threaten even that budget, and could mar plans for what was to have been a glorious Olympic legacy.
眼下经济紧缩的时期影响着这个预算,并且可能阻碍办一场显赫的奥运盛会的计划。
No one can see under the mask of me, no one can take advantage of these secrets to threaten me, destroy my life.
没有人能看到面具下的我,也没有人能够利用这些秘密来威胁我,破坏我的生活。
It had a set of mental shackles to deceive, threaten and intimidate people.
它有一套蒙骗、恐吓、胁迫群众的精神“紧箍咒”。
We're not trying to threaten the existence of any organization, but we're spreading the gospel of black nationalism.
我们没有设法威胁任何团体的存在,但是我们要散布黑人民族独立运动的福音。
"The challenges of our time threaten the peace and prosperity of every single nation and no one nation can meet them alone, " he said.
奥巴马说:“我们时代的各种挑战威胁着每一个国家的和平与繁荣,没有任何一个国家可以独自面对这些挑战。”
Such an outcome could injure the company's balance sheet or threaten its ability to survive as an independent company, analysts said.
分析人士说,这样一个结果可能令该公司的资产负债表受损,甚至危及该公司作为一家独立公司存续的能力。
It seems to threaten everything from emerging markets to the pretty earnings narrative of the market as a whole.
好像它会威胁到从新兴市场到市场盈利性故事所有的东西。
If you threaten to quit your job, even if it's a subtle suggestion, you better be ready to leave now.
如果你被威胁要离职,即使是一个小玩笑,你也要开始注意给自己找后路了。
If my dad reaches for his shirt when I'm out with him, I threaten to go home.
我和我爸出去的时候,如果我爸要撩起衣衫,我就威胁他要回家。
But every now and then the sky grows black, the rain comes down in sheets, and the winds threaten to obliterate our shabby encampments.
但天空不时地变黑,大雨倾盆落下,狂风威胁着我们那简陋的露营地。
That leaves him free to stomp out at any time, or threaten another test, to get more of his way.
那将使他在任何时候随意践踏协议,或者威胁要进行试射,以获得更多利益。
But he would later threaten to have them arrested if they did not let him pass.
但是,后来他却对那些不让他进入的人进行威胁,扬言要逮捕他们。
After the plane had taken off, the hijacker would force his way into the pilot's cockpit and threaten him with a gun.
在飞机起飞后,劫机者强行进入飞行员的驾驶舱,并用枪威胁他。
So are officials' saber-rattling claims that some day China's economy will thrive enough to threaten that of the United States.
官方耀武扬威的宣称有朝一日中国经济将足以威胁到美国也非空穴来风。
They will only put it out if it's a fire in the home of a subscriber or if it starts to spread and to threaten the home of a subscriber.
他们只会帮助他们的付费客户灭火,或者如果火势蔓延,威胁到一个顾客的家,他们才会救火。
Chelsea continued to threaten, with Drogba looking lively up front, and a breakthrough looked increasingly likely.
切尔西继续威胁,德罗巴在前面看起来很活跃,看来一个突破很快就会出现了。
Mr. Carson said the seizure of Abyei could threaten what he called a road map for normal relations between the United States and Sudan.
卡尔森称,夺取阿卜耶伊会威胁他所谓的美国和苏丹正常关系的路线图。
Earlier, the White House said the leaks "could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security" .
早些时候,白宫称此次爆料“将美国人及其伙伴的生命置于危险境地,并危及我们的国家安全。”
Some fool tried to threaten me with it and I was forced to show him the error of his ways, if you know what I mean.
有个笨蛋想要用它来威胁我,而我迫不得已让他了解了自己的错误,如果你明白我意思的话。
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