1expression of intention to do harm/punish威脅;恐嚇ADJECTIVE | VERB + THREAT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dire, terrible嚴重的/可怕的威脅◇Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully.儘管受到極端團體嚴重的暴力威脅,抗議活動還是和平地結束了。➤empty, idle虛張聲勢的威脅◇The kids took no notice of the teacher's idle threats.老師的嚇唬都是說說而已,孩子們毫不理會。➤credible可信的威脅▸➤implied, veiled暗含的恐嚇◇The company's pay offer was accompanied by thinly veiled threats if it was rejected.如果公司的薪酬方案遭到拒絕,隨之而來的就是近乎直白的威脅。➤explicit明顯的威脅▸➤physical, violent人身/暴力威脅▸➤verbal言語威脅▸➤bomb, death, suicide炸彈/死亡/自殺威脅VERB + THREAT➤issue, make, utter發出/進行/聲言威脅▸➤receive受到威脅▸➤carry out實施恐嚇◇It's unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out.發出不能實施的威脅是不明智的。➤lift, withdraw取消/收回威脅◇Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action.教師已經取消罷課威脅。➤give in to屈服於威脅◇The government refused to give in to the hijackers' threats.政府拒絕屈服於劫機者的威脅。PREPOSITION➤threat against對⋯的恐嚇◇The accused made death threats against a notable politician.被告向一位著名政治家發出了死亡恐嚇。threat
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2possible danger可能的危險ADJECTIVE | VERB + THREAT | THREAT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, dangerous, deadly, grave, great, major, real, serious, significant巨大的/相當大的/危險的/致命的/嚴峻的/極大的/重大的/實實在在的/嚴重的/突出的威脅▸➤main主要威脅▸➤growing, increasing日益嚴重的威脅▸➤constant, continual, ever-present, permanent持續的/連續不斷的/一直存在的/永久的威脅▸➤new新威脅▸➤renewed新的威脅◇The national park is under renewed threat from road-building schemes.國家公園因為修路計劃而面臨新的威脅。➤direct, immediate, imminent直接的/迫在眉睫的/迫近的威脅◇The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government.反對派對政府沒有直接威脅。➤insidious隱患▸➤long-term, short-term長期/短期威脅▸➤possible, potential可能的/潛在的威脅▸➤apparent, perceived明顯的/意識到的威脅▸➤external外部威脅◇The government was faced with internal rebellion as well as external threats.政府面臨着內部暴亂和外部威脅。➤physical對人身的威脅▸➤political政治威脅▸➤environmental, health對環境的/對健康的威脅▸➤military, nuclear, security, terror, terrorist軍事威脅;核威脅;安全威脅;恐怖威脅;恐怖主義威脅VERB + THREAT➤be, constitute, pose, present, represent是威脅;構成威脅◇the environmental threat posed by oil spillages溢油對環境造成的威脅➤consider sth (as), perceive sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, view sth as認為⋯是威脅;將⋯視為威脅◇Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood.翻譯人員尚未將電腦視為對自身生計的威脅。➤address, face, meet處理/面臨/遭遇威脅▸➤reduce減少威脅▸➤counter, eliminate對抗/消除威脅THREAT + NOUN➤assessment, level威脅評估/水平PREPOSITION➤under threat遭受威脅◇Many wild plants are under threat of extinction.許多野生植物面臨滅絕的危險。➤threat from⋯帶來的威脅◇the threat from overfishing過度捕撈帶來的威脅➤threat of⋯的威脅◇a threat of violence暴力威脅➤threat to對⋯的威脅◇The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.軍政府感到自身權力受到威脅,進行了激烈反擊。