threat

【发音】

美 /θrɛt/ 英 /θret/

【翻译】

1. n.威胁

   英释:a statement in which you tell someone that you will cause them harm or trouble if they do not do what you want

【短语】

1. pose a threat : 构成威胁；形成一种威胁

2. security threat : 保安巡逻，对安全的威胁；安全感胁

3. triple threat : （美）三面手

4. imminent threat : 紧迫的威胁；逼近的威胁

【例句】

1. Your threats don’t scare me.

   你的那些威胁吓不倒我。

2. threats made against his wife and children

   对他妻儿的威胁

3. Nichols never carried out his threat to resign.

   尼科尔斯威胁过要辞职，但从未付诸行动。

4. The government will not give in to terrorist threats .

   政府不会屈服于恐怖分子的威胁。

5. She dismissed the statement as an empty threat .

   她无视这项声明，认为是个空口威胁。

6. They warned him with veiled threats not to mention anything he had witnessed.

   他们话中有话地威胁他不要提及他所目睹的事。

7. The police are investigating death threats made against the two men.

   警方正在调查针对这两名男子的死亡恐吓。

8. Officials at the school say they received a bomb threat at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.

   学校的官员说他们在今天上午11点半左右收到过炸弹恐吓。

【同、近义词】

1. n.威胁，恐吓；凶兆

   danger/intimidation/

【同根词】

1. adj

   threatened : 受到威胁的

   threatening : 危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的

2. adv

   threateningly : 威胁地；危险地；险恶地

3. v

   threatened : 威胁（threaten的过去分词）

   threatening : 威胁；恐吓；迫近（threaten的ing形式）

4. vi

   threaten : 威胁；可能来临

5. vt

   threaten : 威胁；恐吓；预示