副词::threateningly
名词::threatener
过去式::threatened
过去分词::threatened
现在分词::threatening
第三人称单数::threatens
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
"The clouds threaten rain"
"Danger threatens"
1.威胁;恐吓
If a personthreatens to do something unpleasant to you, or if theythreaten you, they say or imply that they will do something unpleasant to you, especially if you do not do what they want.
threaten在线翻译
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2.危害到;威胁到
If something or someonethreatens a person or thing, they are likely to harm that person or thing.
threaten的反义词
e.g. The newcomers directlythreaten the livelihood of the established workers...
新来的工人直接威胁到老工人的饭碗。
e.g. 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。
3.(坏事)可能发生，将要发生
If something unpleasantthreatens to happen, it seems likely to happen.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4. see also: threatened;threatening
1. 威胁：优 势(superiority) 机 会 (opportunity) 威 胁 (threaten) 劣 势(worthless) (图1) (图2) 优势(S) 劣势(W) 最佳发展 利弊各半 不易成功 放 弃 机会(O) 威胁(T) (图3) 图表中清楚地表示了优势+机会、劣势+机会、优势+威胁、劣势+
2. 脅：优 势(superiority)机会 (opportunity)威胁 (threaten)劣 势(worthless) (图1) (图2) 优势(S) 劣势(W) 最佳发展 利弊各半 不易成功放弃 机会(O) 威胁(T) (图3) 图表中清楚地表示了优势+机会、劣势+机会、优势+威胁、劣势+威胁四种
3. 威胁,快要来临,有...征兆：threat 威胁,危险迹象 |threaten 威胁,快要来临,有...征兆 | thrive 兴旺
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。
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。
Pollution is threatening marine life.污染正危及海洋生物。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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.
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.
Whatever you do, do not threaten people.无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人.
The clouds threaten rain.云预示有雨.
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. ”
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.
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.
Don't threaten me with death; I'm past caring!别用死来威胁我, 我不在乎!
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.
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.
Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.乌去预示着有一场风暴.
The woman was threatening him with a revolver.
那女人正用手枪威胁他。
The manager threatened his employee with dismissal.
经理威胁他的雇员说要解雇他。
They threatened me with violence.
他们用暴力来威胁我。
He was threatened with death.
他受到了死亡的威胁。
The group's members were threatened with imprisonment.
这个组织的成员面临着被监禁的危险。
Threatning them with Punishment.
出自：HobbesI won't be threatened neither.
出自：DefoeMr. Jones was threatened with mob action.
出自：G. S. Haight
