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

• A threat or the act of threatening.
  一个威胁或一种威胁的行为。
• Do you keep all the threatening letters?
  你把所有的恐吓信都收起来了吗？
• The guard growled out a warning, threatening the prisoners with his gun.
  看守吼了一声警告，并用枪威胁囚犯们。
• 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。
• He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
  他指控她曾威胁要挖出他的眼睛。
• This weekend's fighting is threatening to burst into full-scale war
  本周末的冲突有升级成全面战争的危险。
• 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。
• Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government.
  巴黎出租车司机们正威胁阻塞交通以对政府进一步施压。
• Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.
  公众对事故的担忧正威胁着核能工业的生存。
• The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area
  大火正威胁着大约60户人家，居民已经从该地区撤离。