Threaten

(verb.) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:'He threatened me when I tried to call the police'.

(verb.) to be a menacing indication of something:'The clouds threaten rain'; 'Danger threatens'.

手打:米格尔

• The cavalry, however, were to threaten Charleston on the right, and Augusta on the left. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You shall threaten him with the Secret, and frighten him too. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Then my temper got the better of me, and I began to threaten her. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The front of the house was towards the heath and Rainbarrow, whose dark shape seemed to threaten it from the sky. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I am surrounded by mountains of ice, which admit of no escape, and threaten every moment to crush my vessel. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I therefore gave orders for another move to the north side of the James River, to threaten Richmond. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Advance no farther than you have gone already, compromise no serious interests, threaten nobody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I threatened no one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One Tallien threatened him with a dagger. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But the next time Will came when Lydgate was away, she spoke archly about his not going to London as he had threatened. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• As Mr. Bumble said this, he put on a grim and threatening look, and added, in a low voice, 'Mind what I told you, you young rascal! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The long-threatening storm is sure to break at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There'll shortly be an end of YOU,' said Wegg, threatening it with the hat-box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The whole garrison turned out under arms and assumed a threatening attitude--yet still we did not fear. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• At this hour and by this light it changes into threatening hands raised up and menacing the handsome face with every breath that stirs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Farther west also the troubles were threatening. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Fascination is never so imperial as when, roused and half ireful, she threatens transformation to fierceness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• May there not be something in these recent events which threatens her secret with discovery? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The bow is ornamented with a steel comb with a battle-ax attachment which threatens to cut passing boats in two occasionally, but never does. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It reefs its sail when a storm threatens or the wind blows pretty hard, and furls it entirely and goes down when a gale blows. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Another lover threatens prosecution! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Everybody threatens me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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