| 单词 | threat |
| 释义 | threat /thret/, n. 1. a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment. 2. an indication or warning of probable trouble: The threat of a storm was in the air. 3. a person or thing that threatens. v.t. , v.i. 4. Archaic. to threaten. [bef. 900; (n.) ME threte, OE threat pressure, oppression; c. ON thraut hardship, bitter end; (v.) ME threten, OE threatian to press, threaten] |
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