menace

men·ace

M0213300 (mĕn′ĭs)n.1. a. A possible danger; a threat: a careless driver who was a menace to public safety.b. The quality of being threatening: a hint of menace in his voice.2. A troublesome or annoying person: considered her little brother to be a menace.tr.v. men·aced, men·ac·ing, men·ac·es To constitute a threat to; endanger: Rome was menaced by invading armies.

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[Middle English manace, from Old French, from Late Latin minācia, sing. of Latin mināciae, threats, menaces, from mināx, mināc-, threatening, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

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men′ac·er n.men′ac·ing·ly adv.

menace

(ˈmɛnɪs) vbto threaten with violence, danger, etcn1. literary a threat or the act of threatening2. something menacing; a source of danger3. informal a nuisance[C13: ultimately related to Latin minax threatening, from mināri to threaten] ˈmenacer n ˈmenacing adj ˈmenacingly adv

men•ace

(ˈmɛn ɪs)

n., v. -aced, -ac•ing. n. 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, etc.; threat. 2. a person whose actions or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful. 3. an extremely annoying person. v.t. 4. threaten. 5. to serve as a probable threat to; imperil. v.i. 6. to act as a threat; be threatening. [1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Latin minācia <mināc-, s. of mināx threatening] men′ac•er, n.

menace

Past participle: menaced
Gerund: menacing

Imperative
menace
menace

Present
I menace
you menace
he/she/it menaces
we menace
you menace
they menace

Preterite
I menaced
you menaced
he/she/it menaced
we menaced
you menaced
they menaced

Present Continuous
I am menacing
you are menacing
he/she/it is menacing
we are menacing
you are menacing
they are menacing

Present Perfect
I have menaced
you have menaced
he/she/it has menaced
we have menaced
you have menaced
they have menaced

Past Continuous
I was menacing
you were menacing
he/she/it was menacing
we were menacing
you were menacing
they were menacing

Past Perfect
I had menaced
you had menaced
he/she/it had menaced
we had menaced
you had menaced
they had menaced

Future
I will menace
you will menace
he/she/it will menace
we will menace
you will menace
they will menace

Future Perfect
I will have menaced
you will have menaced
he/she/it will have menaced
we will have menaced
you will have menaced
they will have menaced

Future Continuous
I will be menacing
you will be menacing
he/she/it will be menacing
we will be menacing
you will be menacing
they will be menacing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been menacing
you have been menacing
he/she/it has been menacing
we have been menacing
you have been menacing
they have been menacing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been menacing
you will have been menacing
he/she/it will have been menacing
we will have been menacing
you will have been menacing
they will have been menacing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been menacing
you had been menacing
he/she/it had been menacing
we had been menacing
you had been menacing
they had been menacing

Conditional
I would menace
you would menace
he/she/it would menace
we would menace
you would menace
they would menace

Past Conditional
I would have menaced
you would have menaced
he/she/it would have menaced
we would have menaced
you would have menaced
they would have menaced

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	menace - something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"threatdanger - a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"yellow peril - the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples
	2.	menace - a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"threat - declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
Verb	1.	menace - pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threatenexist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	2.	menace - express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
	3.	menace - act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

menace

noun1. danger, risk, threat, hazard, peril, jeopardy In my view you are a menace to the public.2. (Informal) nuisance, plague, pest, annoyance, troublemaker, mischief-maker Don't be such a menace!3. threat, warning, intimidation, ill-omen, ominousness, commination a pervading sense of menaceverb1. threaten, jeopardize, put at risk, loom over, imperil, be a danger to The state retained the latent capability to menace people's security.2. bully, threaten, intimidate, terrorize, alarm, frighten, scare, browbeat, utter threats to She is being menaced by her sister's boyfriend.

menace

noun1. One regarded as an imminent danger:sword of Damocles, threat.Idiom: clear and present danger.2. An expression of the intent to hurt or punish another:intimidation, threat.verb1. To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, threaten.Informal: strong-arm.2. To subject to danger or destruction:endanger, imperil, jeopardize, peril, risk, threaten.3. To be imminent:brew, hang over, impend, loom, lower, overhang, threaten.

Translations

危险物威胁恐吓

menace

(ˈmenəs) noun1. something likely to cause injury, damage etc. Traffic is a menace on narrow roads. 危險物 危险物2. a threat or show of hostility. His voice was full of menace. 威脅 威胁 verb to threaten. menaced by danger. 威脅 恐吓ˈmenacing adjective threatening to harm. a menacing weapon. 威脅的 威胁的ˈmenacingly adverb 威脅地 威胁地