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threaten 音標拼音: [θr'ɛtən] vt. 威脅,恐嚇,恫嚇;預示…的兇兆
vi. 威脅,恐嚇,恫嚇;似將發生,可能來臨 威脅,恐嚇,恫嚇;預示…的凶兆威脅,恐嚇,恫嚇;似將發生,可能來臨 threaten v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; " The pollution is endangering the crops" [ synonym: { endanger}, { jeopardize}, { jeopardise}, { menace}, { threaten}, { imperil}, { peril}] 2: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:" He threatened me when I tried to call the police" 3: to be a menacing indication of something:" The clouds threaten rain"; " Danger threatens" Threaten \ Threat" en\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Threatened}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Threatening}.] [ OE. [ thorn] retenen. See { Threat}, v. t.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. -- Acts iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The skies look grimly And threaten present blusters. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To menace. Usage: { Threaten}, { Menace}. Threaten is Anglo- Saxon, and menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the more familiar term; the latter is more employed in formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the country is menaced with war. [ 1913 Webster] By turns put on the suppliant and the lord: Threatened this moment, and the next implored. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] Of the sharp ax Regardless, that o' er his devoted head Hangs menacing. -- Somerville. [ 1913 Webster]
Threaten \ Threat" en\, v. i. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance. [ 1913 Webster] Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 144 Moby Thesaurus words for " threaten": abuse, admonish, advise, afflict, aggrieve, alert, anticipate, apprehend, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be to be, be to come, befoul, bewitch, blight, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bode, brew, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, caution, come, come on, comminate, condemn, confront, corrupt, cow, croak, crucify, cry havoc, curse, damage, daunt, defile, demoralize, denounce, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, dragoon, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, endanger, envenom, expect, face, forebode, foresee, foretell, forewarn, forthcome, gather, get into trouble, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, hang over, harass, harm, have a premonition, have a presentiment, hector, hex, hope, hover, huff, hurt, impair, impend, imperil, infect, injure, intimidate, issue an ultimatum, jeopardize, jinx, lie ahead, lie over, look black, look for, look forward to, look threatening, loom, lower, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, near, notify, outrage, overhang, persecute, plan, play havoc with, play hob with, plot, poison, pollute, portend, preapprehend, predict, prejudice, presage, project, prophesy, put in jeopardy, savage, scathe, sound the alarm, systematically terrorize, taint, terrorize, tip, tip off, torment, torture, utter a caveat, utter threats against, violate, warn, warn against, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong |
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