• vt. 威脅；恐嚇；預示
• vi. 威脅；可能來臨

threat,威脅，-en,使。

threaten (v.)

late 13c., "attempt to influence by menacing," from Old English treatnian "to threaten" (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.

1. The people fear not death; why threaten them with it.

民不畏死, 奈何以死懼之.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Our military ties threaten no third party.

我們的軍事關系,不威脅任何第三方.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. The clouds threaten rain.

云預示有雨.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?

嚴格的選拔標準是否會造成精英主義，進而危及奧林匹克重在參與的理念呢？

來自柯林斯例句

5. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.

政府的政治和經濟改革可能會使國家陷入混亂局面。

來自柯林斯例句