threat [θret] n. 威胁,恐吓;凶兆menace ['menəs] n. 威胁;恐吓vt. 威胁;恐吓vi. 恐吓;进行威胁menace可以作动词,而threat没有动词意思,只能用threaten作动词;另外threat作名词还有凶兆;征兆的意思!具体的解释如下:threatn.1.威胁,恐吓[C][U][+to-v]2.构成威胁的人(或事物)[S][(+to)]Some people think that machinery is a threat to their jobs.一些人认为机器是对他们工作的一种威胁.3.凶兆;征兆[S][(+of)]The clouds brought a threat of rain.阴云带来要下雨的征兆.
威胁的英文单词是:threat n / θret ; θrɛt / 英 / θret /[C,U] a statement in which you tell someone that you will cause them harm or trouble if they do not do what you want 威胁,恐吓Your threats don’t scare me.你的那些威胁吓不倒我。threats made against his wife and children对他妻儿的威胁Nichols never carried out his threat to resign.尼科尔斯威胁过要辞职,但从未付诸行动。The government will not give in to terrorist threats .政府不会屈服于恐怖分子的威胁。She dismissed the statement as an empty threat .她无视这项声明,认为是个空口威胁。