threatening

英 [ˈθretnɪŋ]

美 [ˈθretnɪŋ]

adj.  威胁的; 恐吓的; 阴沉沉的; 乌云密布的
v.  扬言要; 威胁; 恐吓; 预示凶兆; 有…危险; 危及; 对…构成威胁
threaten的现在分词

现在分词：threatening　

法律

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.11096 / COCA.11078

牛津词典

adj.

• 威胁的；恐吓的
  expressing a threat of harm or violence
  1. threatening letters
     恐吓信
  2. threatening behaviour
     威胁行为
• 阴沉沉的；乌云密布的
  showing that bad weather is likely
  1. The sky was dark and threatening.
     天空乌云密布，阴沉沉的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (行为)有威胁性的，危险的
  You can describe someone's behaviour asthreateningwhen you think that they are trying to harm you.
  1. The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour...
     警方本可指控他们恐吓。
  2. She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
     她说丹尼收到一封恐吓信，并问是不是我寄的。

英英释义

adj

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  1. a baleful look
  2. forbidding thunderclouds
  3. his tone became menacing
  4. ominous rumblings of discontent
  5. sinister storm clouds
  6. a sinister smile
  7. his threatening behavior
  8. ugly black clouds
  9. the situation became ugly
  Synonym:balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatoryominoussinister
• darkened by clouds
  1. a heavy sky
  Synonym:heavyloweringsullen

双语例句

• My employer countered my request for more money by threatening to dismiss me.
  老板威胁要解雇我，回绝了我加薪的请求。
• It warns that this is threatening marine life and livelihoods linked to fisheries and tourism.
  它警告说，这正在威胁着海洋生物以及渔业和旅游业的生计。
• The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour
  警方本可指控他们恐吓。
• She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
  她说丹尼收到一封恐吓信，并问是不是我寄的。
• Do you keep all the threatening letters?
  你把所有的恐吓信都收起来了吗？
• The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
  该委员会明确指出住房不足是威胁村民生活的根本问题。
• Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
  猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
• Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
  大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。
• A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the eastern Indian states.
  发生在孟加拉湾的飓风正威胁着印度东部各邦。
• His words slowly relaxed her threatening attitude.
  他的言语慢慢地缓和了她的威胁态度。