threaten
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['θret(ə)n'θretn]
- 美式音标 [ˈθret.ən]
- 国际音标 ['θretən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示
- vi. 威胁；可能来临
词根记忆
- 来自threat(n.威胁；凶兆)
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- threatened：受到威胁的。
- threatening：危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的。
- adv性质的同根词
- threateningly：威胁地；危险地；险恶地。
- n性质的同根词
- threat：威胁，恐吓；凶兆。
- v性质的同根词
- threatened：威胁（threaten的过去分词）。
- threatening：威胁；恐吓；迫近（threaten的ing形式）。
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
- threaten还可接以that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语。
- threaten后接介词with表示“用…来威胁”。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- 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。 - The boss threatened to fire her.
老板威胁要开除她。 - Whatever you do, don't threaten people.
无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人。 - He threatened that he would make it public.
他威胁说要公开那件事。 - “Tell me who?” threatened the man.
那人威胁着说:“告诉我是谁?” - 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。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
S+～+to- v
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+that-clause
引出直接引语
用作双宾动词: S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause
词组短语
- 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
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
英英字典
- to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want
- 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.
- If something or someone threatens a person or thing, they are likely to harm that person or thing.
- If something bad threatens to happen, it seems likely to happen.
- &rarrsee also threatening
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专业释义
- 威胁
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。计算机科学技术
- 威胁
Computer viruses threaten network security.
计算机病毒威胁着网络的安全。农业科学
- 受胁