threaten
英 ['θret(?)n]
美['θr?tn]
- vt. 威脅；恐嚇；預示
- vi. 威脅；可能來臨
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?threatens;過去式:?threatened;過去分詞:?threatened;現在分詞:?threatening;
中文詞源
threaten 進行威脅
threat,威脅，-en,使。
英文詞源
- threaten (v.)
- late 13c., "attempt to influence by menacing," from Old English treatnian "to threaten" (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.
雙語例句
- 1. The people fear not death; why threaten them with it.
- 民不畏死, 奈何以死懼之.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Our military ties threaten no third party.
- 我們的軍事關系,不威脅任何第三方.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. The clouds threaten rain.
- 云預示有雨.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?
- 嚴格的選拔標準是否會造成精英主義，進而危及奧林匹克重在參與的理念呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.
- 政府的政治和經濟改革可能會使國家陷入混亂局面。
來自柯林斯例句