threat

英 [θret] 美 [θret]

• n. 威胁；恐吓；凶兆

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]威胁,恐吓

   an expression of an intention to hurt, punish, cause pain, etc.

2. [C]可能造成威胁的人〔事,想法〕

   a person, thing, or idea regarded as a possible danger

3. [S]恶兆,兆头

   a sign, warning, or possibility of coming danger

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 威胁，恐吓，威吓，恫吓，吓唬
2. 凶兆， 恶兆，征兆，兆头
3. 构成威胁的人，形成威胁的事物
4. 样子，势头
5. 危险，隐患
6. 难办的问题

v. 动词

1. <古> 威胁，恐哧，恐吓

英英释义

Noun:

1. something that is a source of danger;

   "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
   

2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent;

   "they were under threat of arrest"
   

3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;

   "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
   

4. a person who inspires fear or dread;

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His presence is a threat to our success.
   他的出现对我们的成功是一个威胁。
2. The threat of an economic depression hangs over the world.
   经济衰退的威胁笼罩着世界。
3. Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.
   污染对这一物种的继续生存造成了威胁。
4. He took not notice of his father's threat.
   他不理会他父亲的恐吓。
5. There was a threat of typhoon.
   有刮台风的征兆。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. His threats are just talk.Don't worry!
   他的威胁只不过是虚张声势的空话而已,不要担心!
2. The United Nations are trying to free the world from the threat of war.
   联合国力图使世界免于战争的威胁。
3. They carried out their threat to kill him.
   他们威胁要杀死他。
4. The murderer is a threat to everyone in the town.
   那杀人犯对镇上的每个人来说都是一种威胁。
5. The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.
   核武器对人类是一个严重威胁。
6. The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.
   那家公司出现了破产的预兆。

经典引文

• There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.

  出自：Julius Caesar , Shakespeare

• A threat of rain darkened the sky.

  出自： E. Wharton

• The movement to reform the House of Lords has arisen in the face of a threat to abolish it.

  出自： R. Scruton

• Coal mining in those areas was a threat to public safety.

  出自：New York Times

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• carry out〔fulfill, issue, make〕 a threat 进行恐吓
• use threats 使用恐吓

形容词+～

• burning〔serious〕 threat 严重威胁
• direct threat 直接威胁

名词+～

• security threat 对安全的威胁
• war threats 战争威胁

介词+～

• under threat of 在…的威胁下

～+介词

• threat against sb's life 对某人生命的威胁
• threat of drought 干旱的威胁
• threat to world pace 对世界和平的威胁

词语用法

1. threat属于类名词，句子We disregarded all his threats里的threats不能以它的单数形式threat出现；
2. threat后可接to的不定式。

   The tenants disregarded their landlord's threat to expel them.
   这些租客完全漠视房东要把他们驱赶出去的威胁。

3. threat后可接不同的介词，如of，to等。

   There was then a continual threat of war.
   There was then a continual threat to peace.

词义辨析

danger，risk，hazard，menace，peril，threat

• 这些名词均含有“危险、威胁”之意。
• danger含义广，普通用词，指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。
• risk指有可能发生的危险，尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。
• hazard比risk正式，多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险，常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。
• menace所指的危险性最严重，表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。
• peril指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。
• threat普通用词，语气弱于menace，指任何公开侵犯对方的言行，给对方构成危险或威胁。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的reat，意为众人，军队。

近反义词

【近义词】

• menace 威胁
• danger 【U】危险
• risk 危险
• peril 危险
• hazard 危险
• warning 警告
• intimidation 恐吓
• bomb 炸弹
• caution 警告
• alarm 警报
• caveat 防止误解的说明...
• jeopardy 危险
• scare 受惊吓
• notice 注意
• quicksand 流沙
• omen 征兆
• portent 前兆
• premonition （不祥的）预感...
• foreboding 不祥的预感
• time bomb 定时炸弹
• sleeping volcano 休眠火山
• time 时间
• sleeping 睡着的
• volcano 火山
• gathering 集会
• on 在 ... 之上
• the 那
• cloud 云
• clouds 云
• horizon 地平线
• evil 邪恶的
• dark 黑暗的
• terror 恐怖
• scourge 灾难