to make threats against sb

对某人进行威胁

She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.

对于将辞职的要挟付诸行动，她已做好了思想准备。

He received death threats from right-wing groups.

他收到了右翼团体的死亡恐吓。

crimes involving violence or the threat of violence

涉及暴力或暴力威胁的罪行

These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.

新道路开发可能对这些古老的林地造成破坏。

There is a real threat of war.

确有可能发生战争。

He is unlikely to be a threat to the Spanish player in the final.

相信他不会在决赛中对这位西班牙运动员形成威胁。

Drugs pose a major threat to our society.

毒品成为对社会的一大威胁。

Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...

有些夫妇把单身女人看成是对他们婚姻的威胁。

The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...

飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。

He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign...

他也许会被迫把自己的辞职威胁付诸行动。

The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship...

受到被驱逐下台的独裁政府官员的威胁后，那个牧师一直藏匿不出。

His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month...

在定于下月举行的党代表大会上，他的领导地位将受到威胁。

She lives daily under threat of violence...

她每天都生活在暴力威胁之下。

He is a versatile writer; he is able to play the piano.

他是位多才多艺作家, 会弹钢琴.

His words amounted to a threat.

他的话实际上是威胁.

Never submit to a threat.

永远不要屈服于威胁.

The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.

失业的威胁促使学生更加努力学习.

He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.

他先是恳求,最后是威胁.

The enemy on the right flank is now like a spent arrow and no longer a threat to our position.

右翼的敌人已经是强弩之末,不能再威胁我们的阵地了.

They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.

他们开了两艘驱逐舰进入这个地区,来反击敌人战舰的威胁.

The poisoned food has been removed from the shops and there is no threat to public health.

有毒食品已从商店取走,不会对公众健康造成威胁.

The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.

那家公司出现了破产的预兆.

She muttered a threat.

她低声恐吓.

This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.

这会对农业和食物链造成威胁，由此而危及人的健康。

the immediacy of threat

威胁的迫切性

the imminent threat of invasion

迫在眉睫的入侵威胁

Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.

他们威胁说要雇用替工，这使工会陷入了困境。

If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.

如果你作出威胁，在他再犯错时，一定要说到做到。

1. His threats are just talk.Don't worry!
   他的威胁只不过是虚张声势的空话而已,不要担心!
2. The United Nations are trying to free the world from the threat of war.
   联合国力图使世界免于战争的威胁。
3. They carried out their threat to kill him.
   他们威胁要杀死他。
4. The murderer is a threat to everyone in the town.
   那杀人犯对镇上的每个人来说都是一种威胁。
5. The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.
   核武器对人类是一个严重威胁。
6. The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.
   那家公司出现了破产的预兆。

动词+～

• threat">carry out〔fulfill, issue, make〕 a threat进行恐吓
• threats">use threats使用恐吓

形容词+～

• threat">burning〔serious〕 threat严重威胁
• threat">direct threat直接威胁

名词+～

• threat">security threat对安全的威胁
• threats">war threats战争威胁

介词+～

• threat%20of">under threat of在…的威胁下

～+介词

• threat%20against%20sb%27s%20life">threat against sb's life对某人生命的威胁
• threat%20of%20drought">threat of drought干旱的威胁
• threat%20to%20world%20pace">threat to world pace对世界和平的威胁

• There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.

  出自：Julius Caesar,Shakespeare

• A threat of rain darkened the sky.

  出自：E. Wharton

• The movement to reform the House of Lords has arisen in the face of a threat to abolish it.

  出自：R. Scruton

• Coal mining in those areas was a threat to public safety.

  出自：New York Times

1. threat属于类名词，句子We disregarded all his threats里的threats不能以它的单数形式threat出现；
2. threat后可接to的不定式。

   The tenants disregarded their landlord's threat to expel them.
   这些租客完全漠视房东要把他们驱赶出去的威胁。

3. threat后可接不同的介词，如of，to等。

   There was then a continual threat of war.
   There was then a continual threat to peace.

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。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的reat，意为众人，军队。