menaced 的 3 个定义
- 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.
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.
men·aced, men·ac·ing.
- to express or serve as a threat.
menaced 近义词
bother, frighten
更多menaced例句
- “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.