0 to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want -- 威胁,恐吓;扬言要
They threatened the shopkeeper with a gun. 他们用枪威胁店主。
[ + to infinitive ] They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked. 他们威胁要杀他,除非他按他们说的去做。
Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside. 农业模式的变化可能会对农村造成破坏。
Look at those clouds! There's a storm threatening. 看那些云!暴风雨要来了。
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。