Threaten
['θret(ə)n] or ['θrɛtn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:'He threatened me when I tried to call the police'.
(verb.) to be a menacing indication of something:'The clouds threaten rain'; 'Danger threatens'.
手打:米格尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
(v. t.) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.
(v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
校對:琳达
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Menace, denounce, defy.[2]. Portend, presage, forebode, augur, foreshadow, prognosticate, indicate.
v. n. Impend, be near at hand, be imminent, stare one in the face.
編輯:威尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- The cavalry, however, were to threaten Charleston on the right, and Augusta on the left. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- You shall threaten him with the Secret, and frighten him too. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Then my temper got the better of me, and I began to threaten her. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The front of the house was towards the heath and Rainbarrow, whose dark shape seemed to threaten it from the sky. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I am surrounded by mountains of ice, which admit of no escape, and threaten every moment to crush my vessel. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I therefore gave orders for another move to the north side of the James River, to threaten Richmond. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Advance no farther than you have gone already, compromise no serious interests, threaten nobody. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I threatened no one. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- One Tallien threatened him with a dagger. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But the next time Will came when Lydgate was away, she spoke archly about his not going to London as he had threatened. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- As Mr. Bumble said this, he put on a grim and threatening look, and added, in a low voice, 'Mind what I told you, you young rascal! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The long-threatening storm is sure to break at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There'll shortly be an end of YOU,' said Wegg, threatening it with the hat-box. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The whole garrison turned out under arms and assumed a threatening attitude--yet still we did not fear. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- At this hour and by this light it changes into threatening hands raised up and menacing the handsome face with every breath that stirs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Farther west also the troubles were threatening. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Fascination is never so imperial as when, roused and half ireful, she threatens transformation to fierceness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- May there not be something in these recent events which threatens her secret with discovery? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The bow is ornamented with a steel comb with a battle-ax attachment which threatens to cut passing boats in two occasionally, but never does. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It reefs its sail when a storm threatens or the wind blows pretty hard, and furls it entirely and goes down when a gale blows. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Another lover threatens prosecution! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Everybody threatens me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
整理:莱克格斯