英 [ˈθret(ə)n] 美 [ˈθret(ə)n]
v. 威胁，恐吓；危及，对……构成威胁；预示凶兆，有……危险
第三人称单数threatens
现在分词threatening
过去式threatened
过去分词threatened
threaten /ˈθrɛtən/ CET4 TEM4 [ threatening threatened threatens ]
及物动词 If a person threatens to do something bad to you, or if they threaten you, they say or imply that they will hurt you in some way, especially if you do not do what they want. 威胁
He said army officers had threatened to destroy the town.
他说军官们已威胁要摧毁这座小镇。
He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife.
他把她绑起来，拿着一把6英寸长的刀威胁她。
及物动词 If something or someone threatens a person or thing, they are likely to harm that person or thing. 威胁到
The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers.
新来的人直接威胁到原有工人的生计。
及物动词 If something bad threatens to happen, it seems likely to happen. (坏事) 可能发生
It's threatening to rain.
天可能要下雨。
The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war.
这次冲突可能要演变成全面战争。
→see alsothreatening
pose a threat to; present a danger to
同义词： endanger / jeopardize / jeopardise / menace / imperil / peril
to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:
He threatened me when I tried to call the police
to be a menacing indication of something:
The clouds threaten rain ; Danger threatens
威胁-引用次数：168
Crime is not only damage the order of society,but also is a threaten to state.
犯罪不仅是对社会秩序的破坏，更是对政治统治的威胁和挑战。
参考来源反思与重构：严打刑事政策研究
威胁-引用次数：154
Computer viruses threaten network security.
计算机病毒威胁着网络的安全。
受胁-引用次数：1
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挟持(Chokehold)：如果轻按○不放，SNAKE会一手用刀挟持住敌人(从后面接近敌人会多增加一个踢膝的动作)；3.恐吓(Threaten)：挟持..
你让资方去养着这些大爷，然后再让这些大爷回过头来去要挟(Threaten)资方，这是一个不可能有良好结果(Result)的局面。境界:有容乃大,无欲则刚本来我猜想这个停摆根本就不可能发生。
... stormy adj.暴风雨的;多风暴的;猛烈的 threaten vt.打单;威胁;预示(危险) die down变弱;平息;消失 ...
threatened 受到威胁的
threatening 危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的
threateningly 威胁地；危险地；险恶地
threat 威胁，恐吓；凶兆
threatened 威胁（threaten的过去分词）
threatening 威胁；恐吓；迫近（threaten的ing形式）
Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.
甚至在他们离婚后，他继续纠缠并恐吓她。
The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers.
新来的人直接威胁到原有工人的生计。
Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
一些银行还有一个他们威胁要提起损坏起诉的人员名单。
Negroes should enjoy every possible right that does not threaten the safety of the society in which they live."
VOA : special.2009.06.11
I was one of those kids, and I remember rather vividly walking through the hall way of my high school having people split me, call me names, threaten to beat me up.
我还清楚地记得有这么一个孩子,穿过我所在的高中的大厅,让周围的人朝我吐痰，骂脏话，威胁着要把我狠狠打一顿。
媒体、教育、市场课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
So again the point I was just emphasizing was even if we accept the personality theory, this doesn't threaten our being physicalists.
我刚才再次强调的一点,即使我们接受了人格论，也不会和物理主义学者的身份冲突。
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The "Humanitarian Action Report" discusses several issues that UNICEF says increasingly threaten the basic rights of women and children.
VOA : special.2010.02.15
They could threaten food security for millions of Africans who depend on bananas as an important part of their diet.
VOA : special.2009.09.21
The second is practical - that the settlements threaten the viability of a geographically sensible Palestinian state.
Al Qaeda's leadership has been devastated and Osama bin Laden will never threaten us again.
Glaciers also began expanding on Greenland, soon to threaten Norse settlements on the island.
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threaten，vt.& vi.预示（某事）；恐吓；危及；预示凶兆。 vi.似将发生；威胁。 过去式：threatened； 过去分词：threatened； 现在分词：threatening。