单词:threat
[经] 威胁
n. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/托福/GRE]
threat的用法和样例:
例句
- His presence is a threat to our success.他的出现对我们的成功是一个威胁。
- The threat of an economic depression hangs over the world.经济衰退的威胁笼罩着世界。
- Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.污染对这一物种的继续生存造成了威胁。
- He took not notice of his father's threat.他不理会他父亲的恐吓。
- There was a threat of typhoon.有刮台风的征兆。
常见句型
- His threats are just talk.Don't worry!他的威胁只不过是虚张声势的空话而已,不要担心!
- The United Nations are trying to free the world from the threat of war.联合国力图使世界免于战争的威胁。
- They carried out their threat to kill him.他们威胁要杀死他。
- The murderer is a threat to everyone in the town.那杀人犯对镇上的每个人来说都是一种威胁。
- The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.核武器对人类是一个严重威胁。
- The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.那家公司出现了破产的预兆。
词汇搭配
- carry out〔fulfill, issue, make〕 a threat进行恐吓
- use threats使用恐吓
- burning〔serious〕 threat严重威胁
- direct threat直接威胁
- security threat对安全的威胁
- war threats战争威胁
- under threat of在…的威胁下
- threat against sb's life对某人生命的威胁
- threat of drought干旱的威胁
- threat to world pace对世界和平的威胁
经典引文
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
出自:Julius Caesar,ShakespeareA threat of rain darkened the sky.
出自:E. WhartonThe movement to reform the House of Lords has arisen in the face of a threat to abolish it.
出自:R. ScrutonCoal mining in those areas was a threat to public safety.
出自:New York Times
- menace威胁
- danger【U】危险
- risk危险
- peril危险
- hazard危险
- warning警告
- intimidation恐吓
- bomb炸弹
- caution警告
- alarm警报
- caveat防止误解的说明...
- jeopardy危险
- scare受惊吓
- notice注意
- quicksand流沙
- omen征兆
- portent前兆
- premonition(不祥的)预感...
- foreboding不祥的预感
- time bomb定时炸弹
- sleeping volcano休眠火山
- time时间
- sleeping睡着的
- volcano火山
- gathering集会
- on在 ... 之上
- the那
- cloud云
- clouds云
- horizon地平线
- evil邪恶的
- dark黑暗的
- terror恐怖
- scourge灾难
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