threaten

• vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示
• vi. 威胁；可能来临

threat,威胁，-en,使。

threaten (v.)

late 13c., "attempt to influence by menacing," from Old English þreatnian "to threaten" (see threat). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s.

1. The people fear not death; why threaten them with it.

民不畏死, 奈何以死惧之.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Our military ties threaten no third party.

我们的军事关系,不威胁任何第三方.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. The clouds threaten rain.

云预示有雨.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?

严格的选拔标准是否会造成精英主义，进而危及奥林匹克重在参与的理念呢？

来自柯林斯例句

5. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.

政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。

来自柯林斯例句