单词
threaten
读音
ˈθretn
美式
英式
词根
"Threaten"的词根是"threat", 这个词来自于古英语的"þrēat", 意思是"压力"。其他由此词根衍生出来的单词包括"threatful"（充满威胁的）, "threaten"（威胁）。
释义
vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示 vi. 威胁；可能来临 [ 第三人称单数 threatens 现在分词 threatening 过去式 threatened 过去分词 threatened ]
例句
Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.
甚至在他们离婚后，他继续纠缠并恐吓她。
The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers.
新来的人直接威胁到原有工人的生计。
Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
一些银行还有一个他们威胁要提起损坏起诉的人员名单。
Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.
甚至在他们离婚后，他继续纠缠并恐吓她。
The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers.
新来的人直接威胁到原有工人的生计。
Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
一些银行还有一个他们威胁要提起损坏起诉的人员名单。
强化记忆
"Threaten"看上去非常像"three"+"ten"，你可以联想到“三加十”，十三实际是一个挺恐怖的数字，很符合"Threaten"的威胁意思，所以我们可以把它记成"Three"+"ten"来帮助记忆。"Threaten"这个词源自于古英语，一直沿用到今天的现代英语中。在文化背景中，它通常被用来表达一种强压或恐吓的状态，常常在文学作品、法律文本等场合用到。
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that perhaps the things I do might someday,somehow threaten you.Tomorrow's child, my daughter, son,
And unlike the juicy salif,it does not threatento attach itself to your brain,
and when your voting and shouting, when the substance of it,began to threaten me.I listened only when you moved toward shattering continental unions
the political activists decided to ban meand to threaten meand to forbid me from showing.
that's good for Americans, because there will be fewer terroriststo threaten American security.If they get less and less happy, that will be bad for Americans.
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大学,出国,高中,专升本-自考,专四专八,程序员,其他
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