menace
n. 威脅; 恐嚇
v. 對…構成危險;危及;威脅到
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.
在我看來,你對公眾是個禍害。
...the menace of fascism...
法西斯主義的威脅
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,你這人真討厭,居然侵犯我的隱私。
As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.
正如我在本書前面說過的那樣,劣質的鞋子會很麻煩。
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.
有一種危機四伏的感覺。
...a voice full of menace.
充滿威脅的聲音
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.
歐洲國家仍具有威脅英國自身安全的潛在能力。
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個男友的恐嚇。
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.
他否認有過勒索錢財的行為。
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
這些名詞均含有"危險,威脅"之意。
threaten, menace
這兩個動詞均有"威脅,恐嚇"之意。
My youngest cousin is Dennis the Menace, he's always full of energy.
我的小表弟是個過動兒, 他總是充滿精力.
She is a constant menace to the predominance of Germany in the world.
它老在德國稱霸世界的事情上從中作梗.
At night, huddled in their tent, they begin to suspect menace from someone or something outside.
夜晚, 他們蜷縮在帳篷中, 開始疑神疑鬼.
In the north, the sprawling green hills of Thestra are plagued by an unstoppable undead menace.
在北部, 擋不住的不死軍團威脅、困擾著澤斯拉蔓延的青山.
Not too serious a menace, at first , for the raids had not numerous or destructive.
由於這些襲擊並沒有形成一定規模, 也沒有造成太大的破壞.