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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They sent death threats and daubed his home with slogans
  他们向他发出了死亡威胁，还在他家的墙上涂满了标语。
• Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
  这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• We may find ourselves dragged into new wars and new threats of wars.
  我们可能会发现我们自己被扯到新的战争或新战争的威胁中去了。
• 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》）
• Threats to agriculture become threats to health.
  对农业的威胁成为了对卫生的威胁。
• 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。
• Social engineering is one of the most dangerous and easiest to exploit threats to information security today.
  社会工程学是一个最危险和最容易今天利用威胁对信息安全。