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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   threaten

   • IPA[ˈTHretn]

   美式

   • v.
     state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done；express one's intention to harm or kill (someone)

   • verb: threaten, 3rd person present: threatens, gerund or present participle: threatening, past tense: threatened, past participle: threatened

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done the unions threatened a general strike she made a scene and Tom threatened to leave 同義詞 menace, intimidate, browbeat, bully, cow, ... 更多pressurize, lean on, terrorize, frighten, scare, alarm, make threats against, issue threats to, threaten to harm/kill
   • ▪ express one's intention to harm or kill (someone) the men threatened the customers with a handgun
   • ▪ cause (someone or something) to be vulnerable or at risk; endanger a broken finger threatened his career one of four hospitals threatened with closure 同義詞 endanger, be a danger to, be a threat to, menace, imperil, ... 更多put at risk, make vulnerable, expose to danger, put in jeopardy, jeopardize, drive a nail into the coffin of, archaicperil
   • ▪ (of a situation or weather conditions) seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result the dispute threatened to spread to other cities the air was raw and threatened rain 同義詞 warn of, be a warning of, give a warning of, promise, presage, ... 更多augur, portend, foreshadow, prophesy, be an omen of, foretell, herald, bode, announce, be a harbinger of, be an indication of, indicate, point to, be a sign of, signal, signify, mean, spell, add up to, amount to, be evidence of, literarybetoken, foretoken, forebode, harbinger
   • ▪ (of something undesirable) seem likely to occur unless war threatened, national politics remained the focus of attention 同義詞 be likely (to happen), be imminent, be (close) at hand, be near, be close, ... 更多be approaching, be on the horizon, be just around the corner, be brewing, be gathering, be looming, be coming (soon), be coming up, be on the way, be expected, be anticipated, be in prospect, be in the wind, be in the air, be forthcoming, be impending, hang over someone, informalbe on the cards