menace的中文翻译是什么意思

menace

US/ˈmenəs/
UK/ˈmenəs/

n. 威胁; 恐吓

v. 对…构成危险;危及;威胁到

menace柯林斯释义

N-COUNT威胁;危险人物;祸害

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

N-COUNT惹麻烦的人(或物);惹人讨厌的人(或物)

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。

N-UNCOUNT威胁性;危险气氛

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

VERB危及;威胁

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。

VERB威胁;恐吓

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。

PHRASE以威胁(或恐吓)的手段(索要钱财)

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。

menace英文释义

Noun

1. something that is a source of danger;

  • earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan

2. a threat or the act of threatening;

  • he spoke with desperate menace

Verb

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;

  • The pollution is endangering the crops

2. express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture;

  • he menaced the bank manager with a stick

3. act in a threatening manner;

  • A menacing person

menace同义词辨析

danger, risk, hazard, menace, peril, threat

这些名词均含有"危险,威胁"之意。

  • danger : 含义广,普通用词,指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。
  • risk : 指有可能发生的危险,尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。
  • hazard比risk正式,多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险,常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。
  • menace : 所指的危险性最严重,表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。
  • peril : 指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。
  • threat : 普通用词,语气弱于menace,指任何公开侵犯对方的言行,给对方构成危险或威胁。

threaten, menace

这两个动词均有"威胁,恐吓"之意。

  • threaten : 侧重扬言要对不服从者给予惩罚,有时指某种情况所预示的恶兆。
  • menace : 系正式用词,着重以脸色或某种意志给以威胁,而不用语言明白表示出来。

menace场景例句

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.

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menace近义词

n. 威胁,恐吓

threat

其他释义

threatthreatenthunderdangerintimidatewarn