threat

n

• ① 恐吓,胁迫(参照menace)
  • make [utter] threats against a person恐吓某人
  • They have received threats of death.他们接到了死亡的威胁。
  • under threat of death在死亡的威胁下
  • His life is still under threat.他的生命仍然受到威胁(★under threat无冠词)。

• ②[通常用单数形](对…)构成威胁的人[事物、观念]<to>
  • a serious threat to world peace对世界和平的严重威胁
  • The floods were a threat to their village.洪水对他们的村庄是一项威胁。

• ③[通常用单数形]恶兆,兆头<of>
  • There was a threat of storm.有暴风雨之兆。