英语词汇“threaten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	threaten
释义	threat·en \ˈthret^ən\ verb (threatened ; threatened ; threatening \-t(^ə)niŋ\ ; threatens) Etymology: Middle English thretnen, thretenen, from Old English thrēatnian to force, from thrēat coercion + -nian -en *transitive verb* 1. : to utter threats against : promise punishment, reprisal, or other distress to < threaten trespassers with arrest > 2. archaic : to charge under pain of punishment : warn < let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name — Acts 4:17 (Authorized Version) > 3. : to promise as a threat : hold out by way of menace or warning < threaten punishment to all trespassers > 4. a. : to give signs of the approach of (something evil or unpleasant) : indicate as impending : portend < the sky threatens storm > b. : to hang over as a threat : menace < famine threatens the city > 5. : to announce as intended or possible < threaten to buy a car > *intransitive verb* 1. : to utter or use threats or menaces 2. : to have a menacing appearance : portend evil < though the seas threaten they are merciful — Shakespeare > Synonyms: menace: threaten applies to the probable visitation of some evil or affliction; it may be used of attempts to dissuade by promising punishment or retribution < most of them lived on the margin of survival, constantly threatened by famine and disease — Arthur Geddes > < another form of lying, which is extremely bad for the young, is to threaten punishments you do not mean to inflict — Bertrand Russell > < discredit completely all other forms of Christianity, denying any efficacy to their rites, and threatening all their members with eternal damnation — W.R.Inge > menace may connote more deeply a dire, malignant, hostile, or fearful character or aspect < the devastating weapons which are at present being developed may menace every part of the world — Clement Attlee > < the conviction that it was foreigners who menaced the American Way — Oscar Handlin >
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