0 to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want -- 威脅，恐嚇；揚言要
They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun. 他們用槍威脅店主。
[ + to infinitive ] They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked. 他們威脅要殺他，除非他按他們說的去做。
Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside. 農業模式的變化可能會對農村造成破壞。
Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening. 看那些雲！暴風雨要來了。
Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.
Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.
They threatened to blow up the plane if their demands were not met.
She's threatening to take me to court for not paying the bill on time.
The restriction imposed by the statute here threatens severe impairment of the judicial function.
Marcus in his speech uses rhetorical means to release emotion that the initial shocking sight threatened to freeze.
After 1921, even this minimum standard was threatened when the government responded to employers' complaints by cutting back on the number of new trade boards.
