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

• 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。
• We will not be frightened by threats.
  威胁是不能把我们吓倒的。
• Have you received any threats?
  你已收到威胁了吗？
• Hurling insults and threats is no way to fight.
  辱骂和恐吓决不是战斗。
• However, people in the world continue to face challenges and threats to subsistence security.
  但是，人类生存安全面临的挑战和威胁仍继续存在。
• 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。
• 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。
• Analytical process to identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
  用来确定优势、劣势、机会和威胁的分析方法。
• There have been threats to veto any legislation that comes down the pike.
  他们威胁说要否决任何新出台的立法提案。
• Korea has been a target of threats and slanders from the major western powers.
  朝鲜一直是西方主要大国威胁和诋毁的目标。