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threaten是什么意思

2024-02-14 21:37:16
threaten
美[θretn]  英[θretn]
v.  威胁;恐吓;似将发生
  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
  近义词:menace,intimidate,bully,terrorize,warn,caution,browbeat,harass,bulldoze,advise,admonish,forebode,alert,endanger,jeopardize,imperil,compromise,cloud,loom,lurk,hover,impend,portend,creepup,thunder,lower,jeopardise,peril,

详细释义

v.(动词)
  1. 威胁,恫吓 ,恐吓,要挟,胁迫
  2. 有...的危险
  3. 预示(凶兆)
  4. 似将发生,可能来临,像要发生,快要来临,势将发生
  5. 是...的征兆, 有...之势
  6. 对...虎视眈眈
  7. 扬言要
  8. 危及,对…构成威胁
  9. 以…恫吓,以…威胁
  10. 临近,迫近

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. & vi. 威胁 express a threat against
  2. vi. 可能会来临 (of danger, etc.) seem likely to happen or come

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"

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. threaten country威胁着国家
  2. threaten crop危害庄稼
  3. threaten life威胁着生存
  4. threaten town威胁城镇
  5. threaten rain预示有雨
  6. threaten storm预示着风暴
~+副词
  1. threaten bitterly极为失望地威胁
  2. threaten constantly不断地威胁
  3. threaten directly直接威胁
  4. threaten direfully可怕地威胁
  5. threaten seriously严重地威胁
  6. threaten viciously恶毒地威胁
~+介词
  1. threaten with用…来威胁,受到…的威胁

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The rebels threatened to seize civilian hostages.叛乱分子威胁要扣押平民为人质。
  2. The strikers were threatened with dismissal if they did not return to work.罢工者受到威胁说,如果他们不复工,就会被解雇。
  3. They threatened him with a law suit.他们以控告来恐吓他。
  4. The black clouds threatened rain.乌云密布预示着将要下雨。
  5. If a gale threatens, do not go to sea.假若要起风

词语用法

v.(动词)
    threaten的基本意思是“威胁”,指用某物或某些含有威胁意味的话来恐吓某人使其按照自己的意愿办事,含有如果不服从,将会产生严重的后果的意味。threaten还有“可能会降临”的意思,指在某事未发生之前通过某些预兆来推断其将会发生。 threaten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,有时还可引出直接引语。 threaten还可接以that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语。 threaten后接介词with表示“用…来威胁”。