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threat
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🇺🇸 /θɹˈɛt/
🇬🇧 /θɹɛt/
threat 主要指“威胁”或“危险”:可以是要伤害、惩罚某人的话,也可以是可能造成伤害的危险因素;它还可指被视为危险的人或物。作为姓氏时,threat 是一个家族姓。
💡 记忆钩子
把 threat 想成“压力逼近”:有人用话语施压,形成“威胁”;某种情况带来逼近的危险,就是“威胁、风险”;能带来这种压力和危险的人或物,就是“危险人物或威胁”。动词义也沿着这条线,表示施压、逼迫,或用威胁的方式说话做事;作为姓氏则是另一个独立用法。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握名词最常见的三个方向:威胁性的话、潜在危险、危险的人或物;不要把 threat 只理解成“恐吓的话”。
- 现代英语中表示“威胁某人”通常用 threaten,而不是把 threat 当作普通动词使用。
📖 中文释义
name
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rare 姓氏📖 作为姓氏时,Threat 是人的家族姓,与“威胁”这个普通名词义无关。
Threats
plural
noun
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core 威胁;恐吓📖 指明确表示要伤害或惩罚某人的话、动作或意图,也就是用语言或行动给对方施压。重点在于“要对某人做坏事”的信号,而不一定真的已经造成伤害。💡 常用 make a threat、issue a threat 或 threats against someone/something。说“威胁某人”时,通常说 make a threat against someone 或 threaten someone;不要把 threat 当作普通动词直接套用。The company received a threat after announcing the plan.这家公司宣布该计划后收到了一条威胁信息。She took his threat seriously and called the police.她认真对待他的威胁,并报了警。
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core 潜在危险;威胁📖 指某种可能很快造成伤害、损失或问题的情况。这时 threat 不一定是某人说出来的话,而是正在逼近的危险因素。💡 常用 a threat to someone/something、pose a threat to someone/something 和 an immediate threat。pose a threat 表示“构成威胁”,不要误解为已经发生了伤害。Rising sea levels pose a serious threat to coastal communities.海平面上升给沿海社区带来了严重威胁。
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common 危险人物;危险因素📖 指被认为会带来伤害或失败的人、动物、物体或力量。这里 threat 不是“威胁这件事”,而是“那个可能造成威胁的对象”。💡 常用 pose a threat、be considered a threat 或 a threat to the opposition/team。描述比赛或竞争时,the main threat 常指最有可能造成麻烦的对手或因素。The fast runner became the biggest threat to our team.那名速度很快的跑者成了我们队最大的威胁。
threats
plural
verb
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rare 施压;逼迫📖 表示通过压力推动或强迫某人做某事,是“威胁”这一核心概念中更早、更宽的“施压”用法。transitive
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rare 威胁📖 表示以威胁的方式对待某人;这是古旧用法,现代英语通常用 threaten。archaic transitive
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core 进行威胁📖 表示说话或行动带有威胁性,试图让别人感到害怕或服从。这个意义与名词“威胁性的话”直接相连,但在现代英语中通常改用 threaten。💡 在现代表达中请使用 threaten to do something 或 threaten someone,而不要主动把 threat 当作这个动词使用。若在旧文学或特殊文本中看到 threat 作不及物动词,它表示“以威胁口吻行事或说话”。intransitiveThe stranger began to threat when no one answered him.没人回答他时,那名陌生人开始用威胁的口吻说话。
threats
present,singular,third-person
threating
participle,present
threated
participle,past
threated
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
同义词集:
threat
his threat to kill me was quite explicit
上位: declaration
下位: menace
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
同义词集:
threat
they were under threat of arrest
上位: warning
a person who inspires fear or dread
同义词集:
terror
scourge
threat
he was the terror of the neighborhood
上位: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
something that is a source of danger
同义词集:
menace
threat
earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan
上位: danger
🌳 词源
名词和动词都与“施压、逼迫”有关,后来分别发展出“威胁、危险”和“以威胁方式行动”等含义。
From Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”). Cognate with Scots threit (“to threaten”), Dutch verdrieten (“to sadden, displease”), Middle Low German drēten (“to threaten”), German verdrießen (“to bother, vex”), Faroese tróta (“to run out”), Icelandic þrjóta (“to run out, end”), Norwegian tryte (“to run out, end”), Swedish tryda (“to run out”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (usþriutan, “to harass, torment”), Latin trūdō (“to push”), Albanian ndrydh (“to sprain, supress, withdraw”), Belarusian трудзіць (trudzicʹ, “to burden, tire”), Bulgarian тру̀дя (trùdja, “to work”), Czech trudit (“to toil, worry”), Polish trudzić (“to toil, worry”), Russian труди́ть (trudítʹ, “to burden, tire”), Serbo-Croatian trúditi (“to try, make and effot”), Ukrainian труди́ти (trudýty, “to toil, tire”).
🔄 变式
threated
past
threating
present
Threats
plural
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