四级Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi.

研究人员Sanni Somppi表示，狗可能已经学会了检测人类发出的威胁信号，并通过尝试实现和平做出反应。

2017年6月听力原文

六级College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of moving students into the workforce might pose a threat to the core curriculum.

大学教职员工担心，让学生就业的借口可能会对核心课程构成威胁。

2012年6月阅读原文

考研Michelle Obama has launched a high-visibility campaign against childhood obesity, even claiming that it represents our greatest national security threat.

米歇尔·奥巴马（Michelle Obama）发起了一场针对儿童肥胖的高知名度运动，甚至声称这是我们国家安全的最大威胁。

2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考The loss of glaciers there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture.

由于全球变暖，那里冰川的消失对农业构成了巨大威胁。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Journalist Sarah Scoles reports that NASA currently tracks about 24,000 objects in space, and in 2016 the air Force had to issue 3,995,874 warnings to satellite owners alerting them to a potential nearby threat from another satellite or bit of debris.

记者莎拉·斯科尔斯（Sarah Scoles）报道说，美国宇航局目前在太空中跟踪约24000个物体，2016年，美国空军不得不向卫星所有者发出3995874次警告，提醒他们附近可能存在来自另一颗卫星或碎片的威胁。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级Of all those trends, however, the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat.

然而，在所有这些趋势中，水资源短缺的蔓延构成了最直接的威胁。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

即使是长期以来一直将电池和替代能源视为威胁的公用事业公司，也在学习将这些技术视为一种使能而非破坏。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Yet as LEO opens up to more amateur satellites, they may pose an increasing threat.

然而，随着LEO向更多业余卫星开放，它们可能构成越来越大的威胁。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级This should have primed the subjects with "stereotype threat" – an anxiety that their results will confirm negative stereotypes, which has been shown to damage the performance of African Americans.

这本应该让受试者产生“刻板印象威胁”——他们担心自己的结果会证实负面刻板印象，这已经证明会损害非裔美国人的表现。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级"If they are anywhere near worth their salt as engineers, I bet they are rethinking their threat model as we speak," said Jonathan Zdziarski, a digital expert who studies the iPhone and its vulnerabilities.

研究iPhone及其漏洞的数字专家乔纳森·兹扎尔斯基（Jonathan Zdziarski）说：“如果他们在任何地方都不愧为工程师，那么我打赌他们正在重新思考我们所说的威胁模型。”。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级As artificial intelligence ( ' , AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat.

随着人工智能（AI）变得越来越复杂，人们越来越担心机器人可能成为一种威胁。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级As artificial intelligence A becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat.

随着人工智能越来越复杂，人们越来越担心机器人可能成为一种威胁。

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级And, apparently, that day has come because seemingly routine operations such as knee replacements are now much more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.

而且，很显然，这一天的到来是因为，由于这些感染的威胁迫在眉睫，膝关节置换等看似例行的手术现在变得更加危险。

2017年6月听力原文

四级Wireless security providers will often take steps to help combat the threat of jamming attacks.

无线安全提供商通常会采取措施帮助对抗干扰攻击的威胁。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Local officials are using the levers that are available to them to safeguard residents'health in the face of a serious threat.

面对严重威胁，地方官员正在利用他们可以利用的手段来保护居民的健康。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Here is the most malignant threat to our personal freedom, particularly as the balance of power in the workplace has been shifted so dramatically from worker to boss.

这是对我们个人自由最严重的威胁，特别是在工作场所的权力平衡已经从工人到老板发生了巨大变化的情况下。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

高考The purchase price could also be a signal that an established company is buying a new-born threat.

收购价格也可能是一个信号，表明一家老牌公司正在购买一种新的威胁。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级It also highlights incidents of fishing boats being involved in groundings, oil spills and accidents, which posed a serious threat to the Antarctic ecosystem.

报告还强调了渔船搁浅、漏油和事故等事件，这些事件对南极生态系统构成了严重威胁。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考Book reports weren't written until the final threat.

直到最后一次威胁才写读书报告。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级It poses a potential threat to the retail business in the U.S.

它对美国的零售业构成潜在威胁。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no threat and didn't escape.

几个月过去了，兔子们发现我没有威胁，也没有逃跑。

2015年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

六级Their behaviors can be an invisible threat to society.

他们的行为可能对社会构成无形的威胁。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级According to Blau and Kahn,Swedish-style paternal(父亲的)leave policies and flexible time arrangements pose a second threat to woman's progress:they make employers cautious about hiring woman for full-time positions at all.

根据Blau和Kahn的说法，瑞典式的父亲(父亲的)休假政策和灵活的时间安排对女性的进步构成了第二个威胁：它们让雇主对雇用女性担任全职职位十分谨慎。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.

20世纪对国际安全的主要威胁是超级大国冲突；今天，它是失败的国家。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

当我们意识到气候变化所带来的威胁时，一切都可能为时已晚。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考A coach may read a sports story for its threat value: he may have to play that team next week.

一名教练可能会阅读一篇体育报道，以了解其威胁价值：他可能不得不在下周与该队比赛。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

四级Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security.

如今，无法应对粮食短缺的国家不是超级大国冲突，而是世界安全的主要威胁。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of moving students into the workforce might pose a threat to the core curriculum

大学教职员工担心，让学生就业的借口可能会对核心课程构成威胁

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream, he said.

他说，不平等加剧和流动性下降对美国梦构成了根本威胁。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考News of delayed reward will make readers suffer, or present a threat to them.

延迟奖励的消息将使读者遭受痛苦，或对他们构成威胁。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

四级The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security—has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.

2007年和2008年世界粮食价格的飙升及其对粮食安全的威胁与过去相比有着不同的、更令人不安的性质。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级"Increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream," he said.

“不平等加剧和流动性下降对美国梦构成了根本性威胁，”他说。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级It poses a potential threat to the retail business in the What does Macy's believe about its problems?

它对英国的零售业构成了潜在威胁

2017年6月六级真题（卷一）

六级“The threat is from commercial fishing,” says Griffin.

“威胁来自商业捕鱼，”格里芬说。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm.

海龟产卵的狭窄海滩一方面受到发展的挤压，另一方面受到海洋变暖时海平面上升的威胁。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级Is there truly a threat here, we asked one another as we dropped off our kids, and if so, how great is it?

“这里真的有威胁吗？”我们在送孩子时互相问，如果有，那有多大？

2009年12月英语六级真题

六级"We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldn't prove a distraction," says Friedman.

弗里德曼说：“我们怀疑他们对他的胜利感到鼓舞和振奋，所以刻板印象的威胁不会分散注意力。”。

2010年6月英语六级真题

六级As the minority population grows in the United States, low college graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity.

随着美国少数民族人口的增长，低大学毕业率对国家繁荣构成威胁。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster.

摆脱在我们看来可能是未来灾难的威胁是人类的天性。

1995年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up (打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat.

你很可能会快速瞥一眼其他乘客，对他们进行评估(打量) 并向他们保证你没有威胁的意思。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class.

今天航空公司面临的最大安全威胁可能不是持枪的恐怖分子，而是商务舱里拿着便携式电脑的人。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Now that the fires are out scientists are turning their attention to yet another threat:the oil that didn't catch fire.

现在大火已经熄灭，科学家们正将注意力转向另一个威胁：没有着火的石油。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport.

但今年猎狐运动的支持者面临着更大的威胁。

2002年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well.

私有化或其威胁也是一种动机。

2003年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The northern United States faces no threat from Kudzu.

美国北部没有受到库津的威胁。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation (驱逐出境).

现在她和她的家人生活在被驱逐出境的威胁之下(驱逐出境).

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat.

随着人工智能（AI）变得越来越复杂，人们越来越担心机器人可能成为一种威胁。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security——has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.

2007年和2008年世界粮食价格的飙升及其对粮食安全的威胁，与过去的上涨相比，有着不同的、更令人不安的性质。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

考研Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks.

他们认为，来自卡车的激烈竞争消除了任何垄断威胁。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研There are upsetting parallels today, as scientists in one wave after another try to awaken us to the growing threat of global warming.

今天，科学家们在一个又一个浪潮中试图唤醒我们，让我们意识到全球变暖日益严重的威胁，这两者之间存在着令人不安的相似之处。

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研They can use the threat of removing jobs from one province to another.

他们可以利用将工作岗位从一个省转移到另一个省的威胁。

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Noting the “medical/psychological” nature of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.

信中注意到问题赌博行为的“医疗/心理”性质，并表示在重新进入赌场之前，他必须提供医疗/心理信息，证明光顾赌场不会对他的安全或健康构成威胁。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题