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threat·en AHD[thrĕtʹn] D.J.[ˈθretn]K.K.[ˈθrɛtņ]v.（动词）threat.ened, threat.en.ing, threat.ens v.tr.（及物动词）- To express a threat against.威胁：对…表示恐吓
- To be a source of danger to; menace.威胁：作为危险的来源；威胁
- To give signs or warning of; portend.预示：给出征兆或警告；预示
- To announce the possibility of in a threat.扬言要：威胁地宣布可能会发生的事
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To express or use threats.威胁：表示或使用威胁
- To indicate danger or harm.恐吓：显示危险或伤害
threatʹener n.（名词）threatʹeningly adv.（副词）threaten, menace, intimidate- These verbs mean to foretell or give signs of impending peril, evil, or injury.这些动词指预先告知或给出即将到来的危险、灾祸或伤害的迹象。
- Threaten most often refers to an indication of something disquieting or ominous,to appearance or action calculated or serving to deter,or to something that is a source of danger: Threaten 常指不安或不祥的征兆，有计划地或特意阻碍的外表或行动，或危险的来源： "a crack that threatened to become a split" (Booth Tarkington). “一条有裂开危险的缝” （布斯·塔金顿）。 "No future peace can be maintained if . . . armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers" (Atlantic Charter). “假如…各国继续使用武力威胁或可能威胁进攻疆界之外的武力话，和平就不会存在” （大西洋宪章）。 "The heretics were persecuted . . . because their beliefs threatened the vested interest of that day" (James Harvey Robinson).“异教徒受到迫害…因为他们的信仰威胁到了当时既定的利益” （詹姆斯·哈维·罗伯逊）。
- Menace frequently stresses a frightening or hostile intention, effect, or result: Menace 经常强调吓唬人的敌意的意图、效果或结果： "A new and formidable danger menaced the western frontier" (Macaulay).Tointimidate is to threaten and fill with fear: “一个新的可怕的危险威胁着西部边界” （麦考利）。Intimidate 指威胁且充满恐惧： "an overall strategy by [the country's] leaders to reaffirm their revolutionary credentials in the eyes of the . . . world, to intimidate smaller countries in the region" (Elaine Sciolino).“领导人的整体战略 重申他们放眼世界的…革命资格， 以恐吓该地区的小国” （爱兰·索林诺）
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