threats

英 [θrɛts]

美 [θrɛts]

n.  威胁; 恐吓; 凶兆; 征兆; 构成威胁的人; 形成威胁的事物
threat的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 构成威胁的人(或事物);祸根
  Athreat toa person or thing is a danger that something unpleasant might happen to them. Athreatis also the cause of this danger.
  1. Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...
     有些夫妇把单身女人看成是对他们婚姻的威胁。
  2. The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...
     飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。
  3. All countries in the region had the right to protect themselves against external threat.
     该地区的所有国家都有权保护本国免受外来威胁。
• N-COUNT 威胁;恐吓
  Athreatis a statement by someone that they will do something unpleasant, especially if you do not do what they want.
  1. He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign...
     他也许会被迫把自己的辞职威胁付诸行动。
  2. The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship...
     受到被驱逐下台的独裁政府官员的威胁后，那个牧师一直藏匿不出。
  3. The last journalist to interview him received a death threat...
     上次去采访他的记者受到了死亡恐吓。
• PHRASE 受到威胁
  If a person or thing isunder threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
  1. His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month...
     在定于下月举行的党代表大会上，他的领导地位将受到威胁。
  2. She lives daily under threat of violence...
     她每天都生活在暴力威胁之下。
  3. Even the most security-conscious computer user is under constant threat from computer viruses.
     即使是有强烈安全意识的计算机用户也时刻处于计算机病毒入侵的威胁下。
  4. Britain's rarest breeding birds are under threat from fanatical and selfish egg collectors.
     英国最珍贵的种鸟正因为那些狂热而自私的鸟蛋收集者而面临着威胁。

双语例句

• Some emerging and epidemic-prone diseases are direct threats to national and international security.
  一些新出现和有流行倾向的疾病直接威胁到国家和国际安全。
• It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling.
  现在断言这些威胁是否只是虚张声势还为时过早。
• The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
  该政府丝毫没有被这些威胁吓住，发誓要继续执行其政策。
• His threats become more intense, agitated, and frequent.
  他发出的威胁更显言辞激烈、焦虑不安，也更为频繁。
• New vulnerabilities and new threats emerge.
  出现了新漏洞和新威胁。
• We'll never be intimidated by war threats, including nuclear war threats.
  我们决不会被战争威胁包括核战争威胁所吓倒。
• Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
  这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• He whom riches and honours cannot corrupt nor poverty and obscurity divert, whom neither threats nor violence itself can bend& he it is that I call a great man.
  富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。（《孟子》）
• Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.
  富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。
• Bookshelves groan under the burden of books on threats to the environment.
  书架上摆满了有关环境威胁的书，不堪重负。