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threatened

/thret-n/US // ˈθrɛt n //UK // (ˈθrɛtən) //

受到威胁,受到威胁的,受威胁的,威胁

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
    • : to be a menace or source of danger to: Sickness threatened her peace of mind.
    • : to offer by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation.
    • : to give an ominous indication of: The clouds threaten rain.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter or use threats.
    • : to indicate impending evil or mischief.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The program would steal Tesla’s files and threaten to release the data unless an enormous ransom was paid.

  • State authorities did not say Blake threatened anyone with a knife.

  • At least 330 structures have been destroyed in the CZU Lightning Complex fire, with thousands more threatened.

  • Northern California is fighting off a a series wildfires that have scorched 771,000 acres and continue to threaten parts of the state.

  • Speaking of those impacted by the coronavirus …We hosted a virtual town hall Wednesday to discuss what the fall will look like for students and how new private options threaten to exacerbate the achievement gaps that already exist.

  • When the man threatened to report him for harassment to the NOPD, Farrell arrested him.

  • We see the Southern segregationists who threatened his life and that of his family on an almost daily basis.

  • More recently, Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 female students and threatened to traffic them.

  • To give the truth its rights, you have to see that groups like TMOC were threatened by peaceful protest.

  • “Firestorms Will Rain on the Headquarters of War,” the title threatened.

  • The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.

  • It was no surprise since he had been threatened with such for many months, he regarded it therefore as unavoidable.

  • The fact that her fortune was vaguely threatened did not cause her anxiety: she scarcely realized it.

  • Lawrence and Dan were told of the danger that threatened Fulton, and they determined to accompany Guitar in his expedition.

  • He was threatened with erysipelas, and there was a rather critical inflammation of the left eye.