音标:['θretənd] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 受到威胁的
v. 威胁(threaten的过去分词)
s. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

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threaten的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The rebels threatened to seize civilian hostages.叛乱分子威胁要扣押平民为人质。
  2. The strikers were threatened with dismissal if they did not return to work.罢工者受到威胁说,如果他们不复工,就会被解雇。
  3. They threatened him with a law suit.他们以控告来恐吓他。
  4. The black clouds threatened rain.乌云密布预示着将要下雨。
  5. If a gale threatens, do not go to sea.假若要起风

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. 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。
  2. Knowing that danger threatened the sentry kept an extra careful watch.由于知道随时可能发生危险,那个哨兵格外加强了戒备。
  3. While danger threatens we must all take care.当有危险的时候,我们都得小心谨慎。
  4. In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.在那一年麦收的前一天,一场暴雨眼看就要来临。
S+~+to- v
  1. The boss threatened to fire her.老板威胁要开除她。
  2. They threatened to discontinue buying it.他们威胁说要终止这桩买卖。
  3. The killer threatened to murder me if I didn't obey.这个杀手威胁我说,如果我不照他的话做,他就把我干掉。
  4. The house threatened to topple over on them.房子有倒塌压着他们的危险。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Whatever you do, don't threaten people.无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人。
  2. Danger threatens us on every side.我们危机四伏。
  3. Flood are threatening the town.洪水正在危及这个城镇。
  4. The drought threatened the whole crop.干旱威胁着所有的庄稼。
  5. The clouds threatened the rain.这层云预示有雨。
S+~+that-clause
  1. He threatened that he would make it public.他威胁说要公开那件事。
  2. Her father threatened that he would turn her out of doors.她的父亲声言要赶她出门。
引出直接引语
  1. “Tell me who?” threatened the man.那人威胁着说:“告诉我是谁?”
用作双宾动词S+~+ n./pron. +that-clause
  1. 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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
threaten with (v.+prep.)
    用…来威胁…,受到…的威胁 promise harm to (sb) by means of or in the form of (sth)threaten sb with sth

    The woman was threatening him with a revolver.

    那女人正用手枪威胁他。

    The manager threatened his employee with dismissal.

    经理威胁他的雇员说要解雇他。

    They threatened me with violence.

    他们用暴力来威胁我。

    He was threatened with death.

    他受到了死亡的威胁。

    The group's members were threatened with imprisonment.

    这个组织的成员面临着被监禁的危险。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • 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
  • threaten storm预示着风暴
~+副词
  • threaten bitterly极为失望地威胁
  • threaten constantly不断地威胁
  • threaten directly直接威胁
  • threaten direfully可怕地威胁
  • threaten seriously严重地威胁
  • threaten viciously恶毒地威胁
~+介词
  • threaten with用…来威胁,受到…的威胁

经典引文

  • Threatning them with Punishment.

    出自:Hobbes
  • I won't be threatened neither.

    出自:Defoe
  • Mr. Jones was threatened with mob action.

    出自:G. S. Haight
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