- 简明
- 柯林斯
- 牛津
threaten
高中/CET4/CET6/考研/TOEFL
- 英 [ˈθretn]
- 美 [ˈθretn]
释义
- 常用
- 高考讲解
- v.恐吓; 对…构成威胁
词态变化
- 第三人称单数: threatens;
- 过去式: threatened;
- 过去分词: threatened;
- 现在分词: threatening;
实用场景例句
- 全部
- 预示
- 恐吓
- 危及
- 威胁
They broke my windows and threatened me.
他们砸碎我的窗子并威胁我。
牛津词典
The attacker threatened them with a gun.
袭击者用枪威胁他们。
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
The threatened strike has been called off.
扬言要进行的罢工被取消了。
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
A storm was threatening.
暴风雨即将来临。
牛津词典
This dispute threatens to split the party.
这一分歧可能会造成党的分裂。
牛津词典
The clouds threatened rain.
乌云密布预示大雨将至。
牛津词典
Pollution is threatening marine life.
污染正危及海洋生物。
牛津词典
He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town...
他说陆军军官们曾威胁要摧毁那座小镇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife...
他把她捆起来,拿着一把 6 英寸长的刀子威胁她。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers...
新来的工人直接威胁到老工人的饭碗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities...
我们社会的团结遭到了一小撮滋扰生事、不安分守己的群体的威胁。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war...
这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Plants must be covered with a leaf-mould or similarly protected if frost threatens.
如果霜冻来临,植物必须盖上腐叶土或用类似方法加以保护。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
She said the situation could worsen if storms move north and threaten winter grain supplies.
她说,如果暴风雪向北方移动,将威胁到冬季粮食的供应,局势将进一步恶化.
期刊摘选
There is some unease that this could threaten established fundamentals valued by cultures and disciplines.
更令人忧虑的是这有可能威胁到文化和学科所确立的基础理念.
期刊摘选
Whatever you do, do not threaten people.
无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人.
期刊摘选
The clouds threaten rain.
云预示有雨.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Lao Tzu said, " The people fear not death, why threaten them with it? "
老子说过: “ 民不畏死, 奈何以死惧之. ”
期刊摘选
Proponent threaten of the dead is met later appeal masses holds meeting, put forward to protest.
死者的支持者扬言稍后会号召群众举行集会, 提出抗议.
期刊摘选
And they feel that unknown dangers in the business world threaten the survival of businessestheir business.
他们觉得生意场上未知的危险威胁着他们事业的生存.
期刊摘选
Don't threaten me with death; I'm past caring!
别用死来威胁我, 我不在乎!
期刊摘选
But new technologies for distributing movies and television shows now threaten to overwhelm these national barriers.
不过,新的电影与电视节目传播技术出现以后,这些国家的保护屏障开始受到威胁.
期刊摘选
Their large size alone is enough to intimidate any other animal that may threaten them.
光凭他们的大个子就足以吓唬那些可能威胁他们的其他任何动物了.
期刊摘选
Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.
乌去预示着有一场风暴.
期刊摘选
收起实用场景例句真题例句
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Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had, she says.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
Failing states are of international concern because they are a source of terrorists, drugs, weapons and refugees ( ' , 难民), threatening political stability everywhere.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
However, today is a new era in which taking antibiotics can cause some very dangerous and potentially life threatening situations.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
And faculty members will be wary of any change that threatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into the workforce.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?
出自-2010年12月听力原文
When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文
But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文
These new forms were at first mainly written by scholars and performed by amateurs, but in England, as everywhere else in western Europe, the growth of a class of professional actors was threatening to make the drama popular, whether it should be new or old, classical or medieval, literary or farcical.
出自-2018年考研翻译原文
Finally,because automation threatens to widen the gap between capital income and labor income, taxes and the safety net will have to be rethought.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
收起真题例句英英释义
Verb
1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
3. to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain";
"Danger threatens"
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后缀: -en
1. 表动词,"变成"; 2. 表形容词,"由……制成的",通常加在名词后面; 3. 表名词,"人或物"
adj.
straiten 艰难的
strait海峡,困难+en变成→adj.艰难的
golden 金黄色的;贵重的,极好的
gold金+en由……制成的→adj.金黄色的;贵重的,极好的
oaken 橡木制的
oak橡树+en由……制成的→adj.橡木制的
waxen 蜡的,蜡制的
wax蜡+en由……制成的→adj.蜡的,蜡制的
wooden 木制的;呆笨的
wood木头+en由……制成的→adj.木制的;呆笨的
woolen 羊毛[制]的;毛纺的
wool羊毛+en由……制成的→adj. 羊毛[制]的;毛纺的
maiden 未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
maid少女+en人或物→n.少女,处女 adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
n.
chicken 鸡肉;鸡,小鸡,小鸟
chick小鸡+en人或物→n.鸡肉;鸡,小鸡,小鸟
citizen 公民;市民,居民
city城市+en人或物→citizen
heathen 异教徒
heath荒野,树丛+en人或物→n.异教徒
kitten 小猫
kit=cat猫+en人或物→kitten
maiden 少女,处女
maid少女+en人或物→n.少女,处女 adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
vixen 雌狐,泼妇
vix雌狐+en人或物→n.雌狐,泼妇
warden 看守人,管理员
ward守卫,看守+en人或物→n.看守人,管理员
v.
brighten [使]变亮,[使]愉快
bright明亮的+en变成→v.[使]变亮,[使]愉快
broaden 放宽,变阔
broad宽+en变成→v.放宽,变阔
dampen [使]潮湿,使沮丧,泼凉水
damp潮湿+en变成→v.[使]潮湿,使沮丧,泼凉水
darken [使]变黑[变暗]
dark黑+en变成→v.[使]变黑[变暗]
frighten 使惊吓;惊恐
fright惊骇,吃惊+en变成→v.使惊吓;惊恐
hasten 催促
hast匆忙+en变成→v.催促 v.赶紧
lengthen 延长,[使]变长
length长,长度+en变成→v.延长,[使]变长
sharpen 削尖,使敏锐
sharp尖+en变成→v.削尖,使敏锐
shorten 弄短,缩小,减少
short短+en变成→v.弄短,缩小,减少
sweeten 使变甜
sweet甜+en变成→v.使变甜 v.变甜
threaten 恐吓,威胁
threat恐吓,凶兆,威胁I+en变成→v.恐吓,威胁
tighten 变紧,绷紧,拉紧
tight紧的+en变成→v.变紧,绷紧,拉紧
waken 醒来
wake叫醒+en变成→v.醒来 v.唤醒
weaken 削弱,[使]变弱
weak弱的+en变成→v.削弱,[使]变弱
同义词辨析
threaten, menace
这两个动词均有"威胁,恐吓"之意。
threaten: 侧重扬言要对不服从者给予惩罚,有时指某种情况所预示的恶兆。
menace: 系正式用词,着重以脸色或某种意志给以威胁,而不用语言明白表示出来。
同义词
vt.威胁,恐吓harassbrowbeatmenaceterrorizebulldozebullyintimidate
vt.预示,是...的征兆alertadviseforebodeadmonishwarncaution
其他释义cautionbulldozebullyadmonishwarnintimidatemenacebrowbeatterrorizeharassforebodethunderadvisealert
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