| 单词 | threaten |
| 释义 | threat·en transitive verb 1. < threaten trespassers with arrest > 2. archaic < let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name — Acts 4:17 (Authorized Version) > 3. < threaten punishment to all trespassers > 4. a. < the sky threatens storm > b. < famine threatens the city > 5. < threaten to buy a car > intransitive verb 1. 2. < though the seas threaten they are merciful — Shakespeare > Synonyms: < 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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