threaten

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threaten 是什么意思

中文释义

vt. 恐吓, 威胁, 预示...的凶兆

vi. 威胁, 恫吓, 可能来临

英文释义

v. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

v. to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

threaten 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 threaten 在自然语境里怎么用：

His fake persona is harbinger of an alarming trend threatening disaster to academics and journalists alike.

—— A major discovery in Central Asia, over a dozen books published in a single week — is "Blake Whiting" the most productive historian working today?

But a set of murals celebrating Social Security—now threatened with destruction—show that such sweeping judgments went too far.

—— Masterpieces of the New Deal

Along with barramundi, these nets can capture threatened, endangered and protected species (often collectively referred to as “TEPS”).

—— Northern Australia Leaving Endangered Sawfish Exposed

According to Barnard, the center has both threatened family separations and enacted them.

—— The Return of Family Detention

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