threatens
基本解释
- v.威胁;恐吓;似将发生
用法辨析
- threaten的基本意思是“威胁”,指用某物或某些含有威胁意味的话来恐吓某人使其按照自己的意愿办事,含有如果不服从,将会产生严重的后果的意味。threaten还有“可能会降临”的意思,指在某事未发生之前通过某些预兆来推断其将会发生。
- threaten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词、代词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语,有时还可引出直接引语。
- threaten还可接以that从句充当直接宾语的双宾语。
- threaten后接介词with表示“用…来威胁”。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都无用。 - The boss threatened to fire her.
老板威胁要开除她。 - Whatever you do, don't threaten people.
无论如何,你也不要去威胁别人。 - He threatened that he would make it public.
他威胁说要公开那件事。 - “Tell me who?” threatened the man.
那人威胁着说:“告诉我是谁?” - The landlord threatened his tenants that he would expel them unless they paid him within a week.
房东威胁房客说,如果一周内不付房费给他,将把他们赶走。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
S+~+to- v
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
引出直接引语
用作双宾动词: S+~+ n./pron. +that-clause
词组短语
- threaten country 威胁着国家
- threaten crop 危害庄稼
- threaten life 威胁着生存
- threaten town 威胁城镇
- threaten rain 预示有雨