threaten

英 ['θretn] 美 ['θretn]

• v. 威胁；恐吓；似将发生

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 威胁

   express a threat against

2. vi. 可能会来临

   (of danger, etc.) seem likely to happen or come

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 威胁，恫吓 ，恐吓，要挟，胁迫
2. 有...的危险
3. 预示（凶兆）
4. 似将发生，可能来临，像要发生，快要来临，势将发生
5. 是...的征兆， 有...之势
6. 对...虎视眈眈
7. 扬言要
8. 危及，对…构成威胁
9. 以…恫吓，以…威胁
10. 临近，迫近

英英释义

Verb:

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"
   

2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:

   "He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
   

3. to be a menacing indication of something:

   "The clouds threaten rain"
   "Danger threatens"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The rebels threatened to seize civilian hostages.
   叛乱分子威胁要扣押平民为人质。
2. The strikers were threatened with dismissal if they did not return to work.
   罢工者受到威胁说，如果他们不复工，就会被解雇。
3. They threatened him with a law suit.
   他们以控告来恐吓他。
4. The black clouds threatened rain.
   乌云密布预示着将要下雨。
5. If a gale threatens, do not go to sea.
   假若要起风

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
   他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都无用。
2. Knowing that danger threatened the sentry kept an extra careful watch.
   由于知道随时可能发生危险,那个哨兵格外加强了戒备。
3. While danger threatens we must all take care.
   当有危险的时候,我们都得小心谨慎。
4. In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.
   在那一年麦收的前一天,一场暴雨眼看就要来临。

S+～+to- v

1. The boss threatened to fire her.
   老板威胁要开除她。
2. They threatened to discontinue buying it.
   他们威胁说要终止这桩买卖。
3. The killer threatened to murder me if I didn't obey.
   这个杀手威胁我说,如果我不照他的话做,他就把我干掉。
4. The house threatened to topple over on them.
   房子有倒塌压着他们的危险。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Whatever you do, don't threaten people.
   无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人。
2. Danger threatens us on every side.
   我们危机四伏。
3. Flood are threatening the town.
   洪水正在危及这个城镇。
4. The drought threatened the whole crop.
   干旱威胁着所有的庄稼。
5. The clouds threatened the rain.
   这层云预示有雨。

S+～+that-clause

1. He threatened that he would make it public.
   他威胁说要公开那件事。
2. Her father threatened that he would turn her out of doors.
   她的父亲声言要赶她出门。

引出直接引语

1. “Tell me who?” threatened the man.
   那人威胁着说:“告诉我是谁?”

用作双宾动词

S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause

1. The landlord threatened his tenants that he would expel them unless they paid him within a week.
   房东威胁房客说,如果一周内不付房费给他,将把他们赶走。

经典引文

• Threatning them with Punishment.

  出自： Hobbes

• I won't be threatened neither.

  出自： Defoe

• Mr. Jones was threatened with mob action.

  出自： G. S. Haight

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

threaten with (v.+prep.)

用…来威胁…,受到…的威胁 promise harm to (sb) by means of or in the form of (sth)
threaten sb with sth
The woman was threatening him with a revolver.

那女人正用手枪威胁他。
The manager threatened his employee with dismissal.

经理威胁他的雇员说要解雇他。
They threatened me with violence.

他们用暴力来威胁我。
He was threatened with death.

他受到了死亡的威胁。
The group's members were threatened with imprisonment.

这个组织的成员面临着被监禁的危险。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• threaten country 威胁着国家
• threaten crop 危害庄稼
• threaten life 威胁着生存
• threaten town 威胁城镇
• threaten rain 预示有雨
• threaten storm 预示着风暴

～+副词

• threaten bitterly 极为失望地威胁
• threaten constantly 不断地威胁
• threaten directly 直接威胁
• threaten direfully 可怕地威胁
• threaten seriously 严重地威胁
• threaten viciously 恶毒地威胁

～+介词

• threaten with 用…来威胁,受到…的威胁

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. threaten的基本意思是“威胁”,指用某物或某些含有威胁意味的话来恐吓某人使其按照自己的意愿办事,含有如果不服从,将会产生严重的后果的意味。threaten还有“可能会降临”的意思,指在某事未发生之前通过某些预兆来推断其将会发生。
2. threaten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,有时还可引出直接引语。
3. threaten还可接以that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语。
4. threaten后接介词with表示“用…来威胁”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

threaten, menace

• 这组词的共同意思是“威胁,恐吓”。其区别是：
• threaten指如不服从将会有严重后果,以此相威胁,迫使别人干某事或不许别人干某事; menace多指用目光、行动或武器等对别人进行恐吓。

threaten，menace

• 这两个动词均有“威胁、恐吓”之意。
• threaten侧重扬言要对不服从者给予惩罚，有时指某种情况所预示的恶兆。
• menace系正式用词，着重以脸色或某种意志给以威胁，而不用语言明白表示出来。

近反义词

【近义词】

• menace 威胁
• intimidate 胁迫
• bully 欺凌弱小者
• terrorize 令人恐怖
• warn 警告
• caution 警告
• browbeat 威吓
• harass 使疲乏
• bulldoze （用推土机）推平某物...
• advise 劝告
• admonish 警告
• forebode 预兆
• alert 警觉的
• endanger 危及
• jeopardize 危及
• imperil 使陷于危险中...
• compromise 妥协
• cloud 云
• loom 织布机
• lurk 潜藏
• hover 盘旋
• impend 迫近
• portend 成为 ... 的前兆...
• creep up 渗上来, 慢慢升起...
• thunder 雷
• lower 低的
• jeopardise 使 ... 遭遇危险...
• peril 危险