To be a menace; give notice of coming evil or danger. 威胁；迫近；(祸患)似将发生；(危险)可能来临。 A storm threatens. 好像会有一场风暴。 To declare evil intentions against. 恫吓；恐吓；威胁。 He threatened me with death. 他以死恐吓我。 To give evidence of, as a coming calamity. 预示...的凶兆；有...的危险。 The barometer threatens a storm. 气压计预示暴风雨将至。 To become a menace to. 构成威胁。 Threaten is more commonly used than menace. Threaten 一字较 menace 为常用。 Things or persons may threaten; only persons or things personified menace. Threaten 可用于人或物，menace 仅可用于人或拟人化之物： Large or small misfortunes may threaten; only great ones menace. 大祸或小灾皆可用 threaten; 但极大的不幸始用 menace: Clouds threaten the earth with a downpour, but floods menace dwellers in valleys with destruction. 乌云表示将降大雨，但洪水则予谷中住户带来毁减之虞。 n. threatener. adv. threateningly. |