一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

恐嚇,威脅 [U,C]


例句:

My threat reduced him to silence.

我的恐嚇使他靜默。


例句:

His words amounted to a threat.

他的回答等于威脅。


兇兆 [C]


例句:

The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.

破產(chǎn)的預(yù)兆籠罩著那家公司。


例句:

There was a threat of typhoon.

有刮臺(tái)風(fēng)的兆頭。


禍根 [C]


例句:

It has become a threat to democracy and may render the presidential election an exercise in futility.

這是對(duì)民主本質(zhì)的一大威脅,可能使總統(tǒng)選舉成為有名無實(shí)的民主活動(dòng)。


例句:

As late as the 1950s tuberculosis was still a threat.

直到二十世紀(jì)五十年代, 結(jié)核病仍然使人不寒而栗。


二、詞義辨析:


danger,risk,hazard,menace,peril,threat

這些名詞均含有“危險(xiǎn)、威脅”之意。 danger含義廣,普通用詞,指能夠造成傷害、損害或不利的任何情況。 risk指有可能發(fā)生的危險(xiǎn),尤指主動(dòng)進(jìn)行某種活動(dòng)或去碰運(yùn)氣而冒的危險(xiǎn)。 hazard比risk正式,多指偶然發(fā)生的或無法控制的危險(xiǎn),常含較嚴(yán)重或有一定風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的意味。 menace所指的危險(xiǎn)性最嚴(yán)重,表示使用暴力或造成破壞性的可能。 peril指迫在眉睫很有可能發(fā)生的嚴(yán)重危險(xiǎn)。 threat普通用詞,語氣弱于menace,指任何公開侵犯對(duì)方的言行,給對(duì)方構(gòu)成危險(xiǎn)或威脅。


三、參考例句:


The clouds brought a threat of rain.

云預(yù)示著將要下雨。


Predators were a threat to the herd.

食肉動(dòng)物對(duì)牧群是個(gè)威脅。


My threat reduced him to silence.

我的恐嚇使他靜默。


There was a threat of typhoon.

有刮臺(tái)風(fēng)的兆頭。


Hydro power poses a threat to wildlife.

水力發(fā)電給野生動(dòng)物帶來了很大的威脅。


The threat of war has depressed business activity.

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的威脅使經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條。


Pollution poses threat to the development of industry.

污染對(duì)工業(yè)的發(fā)展造成威脅。


His presence is a threat to our success.

他的出現(xiàn)對(duì)我們的成功是一個(gè)威脅。


The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.

新一輪內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的威脅在逼近。


The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.

這局勢(shì)對(duì)世界和平構(gòu)成了嚴(yán)重的威脅。