threaten 

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单词释义
v.扬言要,威胁,恐吓,预示凶兆,有…危险,危及,对…构成威胁
词根词缀记忆/谐音联想记忆 补充/纠错
词根threat(n.威胁) + en(使成为, …………
其他怎么记补充/纠错
联想记忆thre(three,三)eat,吃,ten,十
三个人去饭店要吃十个人的饭,不然就要砸店了——威胁, …………
词性拓展记忆 / 词形拓展记忆
原形:threaten第三人称单数:threatens过去式:threatened过去分词:threatened现在分词:threatening
辨析记忆
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。
词组和短语补充/纠错
threaten to do sth. 威胁要做某事
threaten to 有(造成)…的危险
threaten with 用…威胁
threaten stability威胁到稳定
threatened species 濒危物种
threaten to 威胁
threaten sb. with sth. 用某事威胁某人
mechanisms for responding to emergencies that threaten public safety 应对威胁公共安全的紧急情况的机制
to threaten sb. with death 以死亡威胁某人
threaten sb. with death 以死亡威胁某人
to threaten the precarious balance 威胁不稳定的平衡
单词例句
Parents threaten the kid with words.
父母用言语来威胁孩子。
Global warming threaten our chilren.
全球变暖危及子孙后代。
Typhoon was threatening.
台风即将来临。
He threatened to report me to the police if I didn't return his money.
他威胁说如果我不还他的钱,他就要报警。
The storm clouds threatened to pour down at any moment.
乌云密布,随时可能下大雨。
The boss threatened to fire anyone caught slacking off during work hours.
老板威胁说,任何在工作时间偷懒的人都会被解雇。
She threatened to reveal his secret if he didn't comply with her demands.
她威胁说如果他不满足她的要求,她就会揭露他的秘密。
The company threatened to reduce our benefits if we didn't accept their new contract.
公司威胁说如果我们不接受他们的新合同,就会削减我们的福利。
The bully threatened to beat up my little brother if he didn't give him his lunch money.
那个恶霸威胁说如果我弟弟不给他午餐钱,就要揍他。
The politician threatened to withdraw funding from schools that didn't meet performance targets.
这位政治家威胁要取消那些未达到绩效目标的学校的资金支持。
The kidnappers threatened to harm the hostage if their ransom wasn't paid promptly.
绑匪威胁说如果赎金没有及时支付,他们将伤害人质。
The environmental group threatened to sue the factory for polluting the river.
环保组织威胁要因工厂污染河流而起诉它。
The athlete threatened to boycott the competition unless their concerns about fairness were addressed.
这位运动员威胁说,除非对公平性的问题给予关注,否则他将抵制比赛。
Together with policy measures to assist central SOEs in improving production and service efficiency, and bringing down debt ratios, the rise in revenue will better bolster China's economic growth this year despite challenges that threaten global economic recovery, said Li Jin, chief researcher at the China Enterprise Research Institute in Beijing.
北京中国企业研究院首席研究员李进表示,尽管面临威胁全球经济复苏的挑战,但收入的增加,加上帮助中央国有企业提高生产和服务效率、降低负债率的政策措施,将更好地促进中国今年的经济增长。
Such services, experts have been warning, may lead to irrational financial investment activities and even threaten financial stability.
专家们一直警告,此类服务可能导致非理性的金融投资活动,甚至威胁到金融稳定。这样的服务被专家持续警告着可能会引导非理智的金融投资行为,甚至有可能对金融稳定造成威胁。这里主要强调了专家的警告以及此类服务可能带来的严重后果,包括非理性投资和对金融稳定的威胁。
"We would never take decisions that threaten our national security or the security of our Five Eyes partners," Raab said.
But new problems are emerging to threaten our competitiveness, including the homogeneity of products and unbalanced supply and demand," said Chen.
Creating its own globe-spanning currency — one that could conceivably threaten banks, national currencies and the privacy of users — isn't likely to dampen regulators' interest in the social media giant.
"The reason that we began with such diseases is that they threaten people's health severely.
They also said they would not lure, cheat or threaten consumers to change their feedback after the online purchases.
“But he was on bail after the previous two detentions,” Ye said, adding that this showed lenient punishment, including detention, could not threaten them.
"Illegal business practices by Anbang Insurance Group may seriously threaten the solvency of the company," said the CIRC in the statement.
China's insurance law stipulates that an insurance firm can be taken over by regulators if it is insolvent, or illegal activities hurt the public interests and threaten its solvency.
考试真题例句(机器翻译仅供参考)
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六级Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

灾难电影通常描绘毁灭或至少威胁毁灭地球全体人口的灾难。

2013年6月听力原文

四级She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumers’ rights.

她或他可以威胁将卖方告上法庭,或向负责保护消费者权利的私人或公共组织举报卖方。

1993年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us.

大多数绕太阳运行,远离地球,不会威胁到我们。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse.

就个人而言,他们以非常不同的方式塑造一个人;它们加在一起可能会混淆。

2001年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation’s well-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign students threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home.

大多数美国人认识到,大学通过其科学研究为国家的福祉做出了贡献,但许多人担心外国学生将他们的知识和技能带回国内会威胁到美国的竞争力。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

考研“You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?

“你出卖了自己的灵魂,但你一定要腐蚀我们的国家,威胁我们的孩子吗?

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good.

几个巨型水坝项目可能弊大于利。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研“They have in common only one thing that they tend to annoy or threaten those who regard themselves as more enlightened.

“他们只有一个共同点,那就是他们往往会惹恼或威胁那些认为自己更开明的人。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

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