menace
n. 威胁; 恐吓
v. 对…构成危险;危及;威胁到
If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, you mean that person or thing is likely to cause serious harm.
In my view you are a menace to the public.
在我看来,你对公众是个祸害。
...the menace of fascism...
法西斯主义的威胁
You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance.
You're a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy...
肯沃西,你这人真讨厌,居然侵犯我的隐私。
As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.
正如我在本书前面说过的那样,劣质的鞋子会很麻烦。
Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you.
There is a pervading sense of menace.
有一种危机四伏的感觉。
...a voice full of menace.
充满威胁的声音
If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm.
The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.
欧洲国家仍具有威胁英国自身安全的潜在能力。
If you are menaced by someone, they threaten to harm you.
She's being menaced by her sister's latest boyfriend.
她正受到姐姐最近一个男友的恐吓。
If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
He denies demanding money with menaces.
他否认有过勒索钱财的行为。
1. something that is a source of danger;
2. a threat or the act of threatening;
1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;
2. express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture;
3. act in a threatening manner;
danger, risk, hazard, menace, peril, threat
这些名词均含有"危险,威胁"之意。
threaten, menace
这两个动词均有"威胁,恐吓"之意。
My youngest cousin is Dennis the Menace, he's always full of energy.
我的小表弟是个过动儿, 他总是充满精力.
She is a constant menace to the predominance of Germany in the world.
它老在德国称霸世界的事情上从中作梗.
At night, huddled in their tent, they begin to suspect menace from someone or something outside.
夜晚, 他们蜷缩在帐篷中, 开始疑神疑鬼.
In the north, the sprawling green hills of Thestra are plagued by an unstoppable undead menace.
在北部, 挡不住的不死军团威胁、困扰着泽斯拉蔓延的青山.
Not too serious a menace, at first , for the raids had not numerous or destructive.
由于这些袭击并没有形成一定规模, 也没有造成太大的破坏.