threat
n. 威脅; 徵兆
A threat to a person or thing is a danger that something unpleasant might happen to them. A threat is also the cause of this danger.
Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...
有些夫婦把單身女人看成是對他們婚姻的威脅。
The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...
颶風中心警告人們,不要對熱帶風暴的危險掉以輕心。
A threat is a statement by someone that they will do something unpleasant, especially if you do not do what they want.
He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign...
他也許會被迫把自己的辭職威脅付諸行動。
The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship...
受到被驅逐下臺的獨裁政府官員的威脅後,那個牧師一直藏匿不出。
If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month...
在定於下月舉行的黨代表大會上,他的領導地位將受到威脅。
She lives daily under threat of violence...
她每天都生活在暴力威脅之下。
1. something that is a source of danger;
2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent;
3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another;
4. a person who inspires fear or dread;
danger, risk, hazard, menace, peril, threat
這些名詞均含有"危險,威脅"之意。
His words amounted to a threat.
他的話實際上是威脅.
Never submit to a threat.
永遠不要屈服於威脅.
The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.
失業的威脅促使學生更加努力學習.
He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.
他先是懇求,最後是威脅.
The enemy on the right flank is now like a spent arrow and no longer a threat to our position.
右翼的敵人已經是強弩之末,不能再威脅我們的陣地了.