menaced
受到威胁,受威胁的,受威胁,受到威胁的
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Definitions
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- : something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- : a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful: When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
- : an extremely annoying person.
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men·aced, men·ac·ing.
- : to utter or direct a threat against; threaten.
- : to serve as a probable threat to; imperil: overdevelopment that menaces our suburbs.
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men·aced, men·ac·ing.
- : to express or serve as a threat.
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Examples
“This authoritarian menace will not succeed in his attempts to overthrow our democratically elected government,” he said.
This would be the last performance I’d enjoy with no thought of viral menace lurking in the house.
A common complaint among any astronaut who’s gone on an EVA is that the gloves are a menace.
Clouds often did seem to sail overhead, but they seemed devoid of threat or menace, even if they at times appeared to move swiftly enough to suggest a strong breeze and vigorous gusts.
This invisible menace, transmitted by tiny aerosols primarily when humans gather, has so far infected nearly 9 million Americans and ended nearly 228,000 lives.
Which parent in Central Park, young child in tow, has not been menaced out of his wits by speeding bicyclists?
Americans were frequently insulted, called cowards, and openly menaced by the insurgents.
England would have been severed from her Indian Empire, and menaced in the outposts of her naval power.
He would not defend the deceiving priest; but no unruly men-at-arms should touch a hair of Sebastian, if he also was menaced.
The descendants of the Norman barons menaced, and sometimes proved too powerful for the Crown.
It is only when our rights are invaded, or seriously menaced, that we resent injuries or make preparations for our defence.