Threat
[ θret ]
第3级
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n. 威胁;恐吓;凶兆;
📝 例句
The state often presents a threat to individuality.
国家的利益往往对个人自由构成威胁.
Completion of this work will remove the threat of drought and water-logging.
完成了这项工程,将消除旱涝威胁。
They should not be a threat to reconciliation.
它们不应当威胁和解精神。
There was a threat of steel nationalization.
具有实行钢铁国有化的势头。
The threat of redundancy was suddenly removed.
裁员的危险顿时消除了.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ treat-对待,threat-恐吓:对待恐吓要镇定
※ threat-威胁,thread-线索:恐怖分子发出威胁,根据线索顺藤摸瓜
※ th-拼音“天河”,r-拼音“人”,eat-吃:天河人在吃饭的时候遭到了恐吓
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
hreat
n
1 [C, U] expression of one's intention to punish or harm sb, esp if he does not obey 恐吓; 威胁
make/utter threats (against sb) （对某人）恐吓
carry out a threat (to do sth) 威胁（要做某事）
an empty threat, ie one that cannot be put into effect 虚张声势的威胁
He is impervious to threat(s). 他不怕恐吓.
2 [C usu sing, U 作可数名词时通常作单数, 亦作不可数名词]
~ (to sb/sth) (of sth) indication or warning of future danger, trouble, etc （对险阻等的）前兆, 预兆
This constitutes a threat to national security. 这对国家安全是不祥之兆.
a country living under the constant threat of famine 生活在饥馑之灾长期笼罩下的国家
some threat of rain 有雨的某些徵兆
The railway is under threat of closure. 那条铁路有停止运营的迹象.
3 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
person or thing regarded as likely to cause danger or ruin 可能造成危险或损害的人或事物
Terrorism is a threat to the whole country. 恐怖主义是整个国家的祸根.
🎯 考研助记
thr通过（＝through），eat吃：通过吃来威胁－－这是威胁小孩的法宝
🔁 扩展释义
*[θret]n. 恐吓, 恶兆, 威胁【经】 威胁
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Just let me wipe your table and then I'll take your order. OK?
让我先吧桌子擦擦再听您点菜好吗？
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上，最后他终于把它们连接起来，工作因而进展得更快。
He had a gift for thinking up ways of making political points.
他有一种天赋，能想出很多办法阐明其政治观点。