threaten
英 ['θret(?)n]
美['θr?tn]
- vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示
- vi. 威胁；可能来临
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?threatens;过去式:?threatened;过去分词:?threatened;现在分词:?threatening;
中文词源
threaten 进行威胁
threat,威胁，-en,使。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The people fear not death; why threaten them with it.
- 民不畏死, 奈何以死惧之.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Our military ties threaten no third party.
- 我们的军事关系,不威胁任何第三方.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The clouds threaten rain.
- 云预示有雨.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?
- 严格的选拔标准是否会造成精英主义，进而危及奥林匹克重在参与的理念呢？
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.
- 政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。
来自柯林斯例句