threat

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英[θret]
美[θret]

基本释义

n.
威胁; 征兆

词性变化

实用例句

to make threats against sb

对某人进行威胁

牛津词典

She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.

对于将辞职的要挟付诸行动,她已做好了思想准备。

牛津词典

He received death threats from right-wing groups.

他收到了右翼团体的死亡恐吓。

牛津词典

crimes involving violence or the threat of violence

涉及暴力或暴力威胁的罪行

牛津词典

These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.

新道路开发可能对这些古老的林地造成破坏。

牛津词典

There is a real threat of war.

确有可能发生战争。

牛津词典

He is unlikely to be a threat to the Spanish player in the final.

相信他不会在决赛中对这位西班牙运动员形成威胁。

牛津词典

Drugs pose a major threat to our society.

毒品成为对社会的一大威胁。

牛津词典

Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...

有些夫妇把单身女人看成是对他们婚姻的威胁。

The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...

飓风中心警告人们,不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。

He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign...

他也许会被迫把自己的辞职威胁付诸行动。

The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship...

受到被驱逐下台的独裁政府官员的威胁后,那个牧师一直藏匿不出。

His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month...

在定于下月举行的党代表大会上,他的领导地位将受到威胁。

She lives daily under threat of violence...

她每天都生活在暴力威胁之下。

He is a versatile writer; he is able to play the piano.

他是位多才多艺作家, 会弹钢琴.

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His words amounted to a threat.

他的话实际上是威胁.

《简明英汉词典》

Never submit to a threat.

永远不要屈服于威胁.

《简明英汉词典》

The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.

失业的威胁促使学生更加努力学习.

《简明英汉词典》

He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.

他先是恳求,最后是威胁.

《简明英汉词典》

The enemy on the right flank is now like a spent arrow and no longer a threat to our position.

右翼的敌人已经是强弩之末,不能再威胁我们的阵地了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.

他们开了两艘驱逐舰进入这个地区,来反击敌人战舰的威胁.

《简明英汉词典》

The poisoned food has been removed from the shops and there is no threat to public health.

有毒食品已从商店取走,不会对公众健康造成威胁.

《简明英汉词典》

The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.

那家公司出现了破产的预兆.

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She muttered a threat.

她低声恐吓.

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This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.

这会对农业和食物链造成威胁,由此而危及人的健康。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

the immediacy of threat

威胁的迫切性

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

the imminent threat of invasion

迫在眉睫的入侵威胁

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.

他们威胁说要雇用替工,这使工会陷入了困境。

柯林斯例句

If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.

如果你作出威胁,在他再犯错时,一定要说到做到。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

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

出自-2017年6月听力原文

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.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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

2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

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

2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Their behaviors can be an invisible threat to society.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It is the greatest threat to social stability.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

1 and the greatest threat to reducing poverty in America.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

He said "Monsanto should not be able, just because they've got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

It may pose a threat to their economic status

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

They would pose a threat to the children.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

They pose a serious threat to social stability.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage

出自-2010年12月听力原文

"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.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

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.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The study by Greenpeace analysed the movements of krill fishing vessels in the region and found they were increasingly operating "in the immediate vicinity of penguin colonies and whale feeding grounds" It also highlights incidents of fishing boats being

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

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

2015年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

Book reports weren't written until the final threat.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It has a kind of "threat value".

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Michael Horan wrote the letter mainly to show that some pedestrians are a threat to road safety.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

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

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

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

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2014年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. something that is a source of danger;

    "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

  • 2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent;

    "they were under threat of arrest"

  • 3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;

    "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

  • 4. a person who inspires fear or dread;

    "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

同义词辨析

danger, risk, hazard, menace, peril, threat

这些名词均含有"危险,威胁"之意。

  • danger: 含义广,普通用词,指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。
  • risk: 指有可能发生的危险,尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。
  • hazard比risk正式,多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险,常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。
  • menace: 所指的危险性最严重,表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。
  • peril: 指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。
  • threat: 普通用词,语气弱于menace,指任何公开侵犯对方的言行,给对方构成危险或威胁。

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