threaten
美 [?θret(?)n] 
英 ['θret(?)n]
- v.威脅；危及；恐嚇；揚言要
- 網絡預示；威脅點；有….的危險
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：threatens 現在分詞：threatening 過去式：threatened 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [t] 揚言要；威脅；恐嚇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. 他們砸碎我的窗子并威脅我。 |
| The attacker threatened them with a gun. 襲擊者用槍威脅他們。 |
| He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work. 他受到警告，如果繼續上班遲到，就被辭退。 |
| The threatened strike has been called off. 揚言要進行的罷工被取消了。 |
| The hijackers threatened to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met. 劫機者要挾說，如果他們的要求得不到滿足，他們每過一小時就殺死一名乘客。 |
| They threatened that passengers would be killed. 他們要挾說要殺死乘客。 |
2. | [i][t] 預示兇兆；有…危險to seem likely to happen or cause sth unpleasant |
| A storm was threatening. 暴風雨即將來臨。 |
| This dispute threatens to split the party. 這一分歧可能會造成黨的分裂。 |
| The clouds threatened rain. 烏云密布預示大雨將至。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 危及；對…構成威脅to be a danger to sth |
| Pollution is threatening marine life. 污染正危及海洋生物。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
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.
如果他不符合發送警告信的條件，你可向法院申請命令其不再繼續以到法院起訴威脅你。
Now, tougher economic times threaten even that budget, and could mar plans for what was to have been a glorious Olympic legacy.
眼下經濟緊縮的時期影響著這個預算，并且可能阻礙辦一場顯赫的奧運盛會的計劃。
No one can see under the mask of me, no one can take advantage of these secrets to threaten me, destroy my life.
沒有人能看到面具下的我，也沒有人能夠利用這些秘密來威脅我，破壞我的生活。
It had a set of mental shackles to deceive, threaten and intimidate people.
它有一套蒙騙、恐嚇、脅迫群眾的精神“緊箍咒”。
We're not trying to threaten the existence of any organization, but we're spreading the gospel of black nationalism.
我們沒有設法威脅任何團體的存在，但是我們要散布黑人民族獨立運動的福音。
"The challenges of our time threaten the peace and prosperity of every single nation and no one nation can meet them alone, " he said.
奧巴馬說：“我們時代的各種挑戰威脅著每一個國家的和平與繁榮，沒有任何一個國家可以獨自面對這些挑戰。”
Such an outcome could injure the company's balance sheet or threaten its ability to survive as an independent company, analysts said.
分析人士說，這樣一個結果可能令該公司的資產負債表受損，甚至危及該公司作為一家獨立公司存續的能力。
It seems to threaten everything from emerging markets to the pretty earnings narrative of the market as a whole.
好像它會威脅到從新興市場到市場盈利性故事所有的東西。
If you threaten to quit your job, even if it's a subtle suggestion, you better be ready to leave now.
如果你被威脅要離職，即使是一個小玩笑，你也要開始注意給自己找后路了。
If my dad reaches for his shirt when I'm out with him, I threaten to go home.
我和我爸出去的時候，如果我爸要撩起衣衫，我就威脅他要回家。
But every now and then the sky grows black, the rain comes down in sheets, and the winds threaten to obliterate our shabby encampments.
但天空不時地變黑，大雨傾盆落下，狂風威脅著我們那簡陋的露營地。
That leaves him free to stomp out at any time, or threaten another test, to get more of his way.
那將使他在任何時候隨意踐踏協議，或者威脅要進行試射，以獲得更多利益。
But he would later threaten to have them arrested if they did not let him pass.
但是，后來他卻對那些不讓他進入的人進行威脅，揚言要逮捕他們。
After the plane had taken off, the hijacker would force his way into the pilot's cockpit and threaten him with a gun.
在飛機起飛后，劫機者強行進入飛行員的駕駛艙，并用槍威脅他。
So are officials' saber-rattling claims that some day China's economy will thrive enough to threaten that of the United States.
官方耀武揚威的宣稱有朝一日中國經濟將足以威脅到美國也非空穴來風。
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.
他們只會幫助他們的付費客戶滅火，或者如果火勢蔓延，威脅到一個顧客的家，他們才會救火。
Chelsea continued to threaten, with Drogba looking lively up front, and a breakthrough looked increasingly likely.
切爾西繼續威脅，德羅巴在前面看起來很活躍，看來一個突破很快就會出現了。
Mr. Carson said the seizure of Abyei could threaten what he called a road map for normal relations between the United States and Sudan.
卡爾森稱，奪取阿卜耶伊會威脅他所謂的美國和蘇丹正常關系的路線圖。
Earlier, the White House said the leaks "could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security" .
早些時候，白宮稱此次爆料“將美國人及其伙伴的生命置于危險境地，并危及我們的國家安全。”
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.
有個笨蛋想要用它來威脅我，而我迫不得已讓他了解了自己的錯誤，如果你明白我意思的話。
Not until the Great Depression of 1929 did widespread starvation threaten the American people.
一直到一九二九年大蕭條來臨，廣泛的饑餓才威脅到美國人民。
It will greatly threaten the security of this country.
它將會極大地威脅本國的安全。
He doesn't threaten easily.
他不那么容易被嚇住。
Bernanke also said he had not directed then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to threaten to fire management.
伯南克亦表示，他從未指示當時的財長保爾森做出解雇管理層的威脅。
"People from the right came here to threaten us, to tell us that we had to leave, that . . . there could be a massacre. "
“右翼人士跑來威脅我們，告誡我們必須離開，否則……可能會有一場屠殺”。
China has no intention to threaten any country? s security, nor will it be party to any arms race.
中國無意去威脅任何國家的安全，也無意與任何國家進行軍備競賽。
but latterly he had begun to threaten her and say what he would do to her only for her dead mother 's sake .
但最近他開始威脅她，說要不是因為她死去的母親的緣故，他會怎樣對待她。
It will threaten for the children If adult can't unwind question of himself, This thing is happening everyday from everybody, besides me.
如果大人的心結未解，對孩子來說是一場災難，這種事情每天都在上演，我也不例外。
Mr Obama ruled out a petrol-tax increase almost from the beginning of his presidency, saying it would threaten recovery.
奧巴馬幾乎從就職初期就排除了汽油稅的增長，他說這會威脅到經濟復蘇。
Some of the president's other line-item vetoes were overruled in Congress, leading him to threaten legislators with dissolving the congress.
總統另一些在國會的單項否決權被推翻導致他以解散國會威脅立法委員。
Trying to extend the Java language risks creating corner cases that threaten the stability of the whole thing.
試圖擴展Java語言會帶來創建極端場景（cornercase）的風險，這些場景將威脅全局的穩定性。
You did not need to threaten me I was only trying to resolve this so I didnt have to purchase something that I did not want.
你不必威脅我，我只是想解決問題，所以，我不會買我不需要的東西。
On the flipside patents and intellectual property issues continued to threaten the survival and success of the open source ecosystem.
但是反面的專利和知識產權仍將繼續阻止開源生態系統的生存和發展。下面從以下幾方面來談2007年的開源社區。
And he is concerned that this problem could threaten the stability of the banking system if the economy fails to recover.
克魯格曼還擔心，若經濟無法復蘇，這一問題可能危及銀行體系的穩定。
The critical advantage of a cost leadership strategy is that the leader can threaten competitors with a price war if they do not behave.
成本領導戰略最根本的的利益在于價格戰中能威脅那些缺乏沒有因應行動的競爭者。
Do not threaten him with punishment if he resists the actions you desire.
不要因為他不按照你的做就威脅要懲罰他。
So if a few masters of the universe threaten to leave, where are they going to go?
所以，如果說一些名人威脅著要離開，他們能去哪？
In an age of widespread global trade and travel, new and existing diseases can cross national borders and threaten our collective security.
在一個全球貿易和旅游廣泛發展的時代，新的和已有的疾病能夠超出國家邊界，威脅我們的集體安全。
Our evaluation: The parallel Web is a technique already in use, and adopting it does not threaten the meaning of any current Web sites.
我們的評估：并行Web是一項已經在使用的技術，采用這種技術并不會威脅當前Web站點的意義。
Ground collapse will seriously threaten the mine production security and destroy the surface ecological environment.
地表塌陷嚴重威脅著礦山安全生產，破壞地表生三態環境。
Finally, I had to threaten not to allow my own sales-tax bill to pass if the testing wasn't passed along with it.
最后，我不得不威脅說，如果教師考試議案不能與我自己提出的銷售稅議案一起通過的話，我寧愿不讓后者被通過。
"This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate and threaten international stability, " she said.
迪卡洛說：“這項決議賦予我們新的手段，削弱北韓進行擴散和威脅國際穩定的能力。”
He cared for the sheep, if there was something around that was going to threaten the sheep; he took care of the situation.
大衛如何照顧他的羊？若羊群遇到任何威脅，他就會把它鏟除。
