一、详细释义:


n.

恐吓,威胁 [U,C]


例句:

My threat reduced him to silence.

我的恐吓使他静默。


例句:

His words amounted to a threat.

他的回答等于威胁。


凶兆 [C]


例句:

The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.

破产的预兆笼罩着那家公司。


例句:

There was a threat of typhoon.

有刮台风的兆头。


祸根 [C]


例句:

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

这是对民主本质的一大威胁,可能使总统选举成为有名无实的民主活动。


例句:

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

直到二十世纪五十年代, 结核病仍然使人不寒而栗。


二、词义辨析:


danger,risk,hazard,menace,peril,threat

这些名词均含有“危险、威胁”之意。 danger含义广,普通用词,指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。 risk指有可能发生的危险,尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。 hazard比risk正式,多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险,常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。 menace所指的危险性最严重,表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。 peril指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。 threat普通用词,语气弱于menace,指任何公开侵犯对方的言行,给对方构成危险或威胁。


三、参考例句:


The clouds brought a threat of rain.

云预示着将要下雨。


Predators were a threat to the herd.

食肉动物对牧群是个威胁。


My threat reduced him to silence.

我的恐吓使他静默。


There was a threat of typhoon.

有刮台风的兆头。


Hydro power poses a threat to wildlife.

水力发电给野生动物带来了很大的威胁。


The threat of war has depressed business activity.

战争的威胁使经济萧条。


Pollution poses threat to the development of industry.

污染对工业的发展造成威胁。


His presence is a threat to our success.

他的出现对我们的成功是一个威胁。


The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.

新一轮内战的威胁在逼近。


The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.

这局势对世界和平构成了严重的威胁。