英语词汇“threaten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

threatenthreaten /ˈθrɛt˺n/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb

VERB TABLE

threaten

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	threaten
	he, she, it	threatens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	threatened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have threatened
	he, she, it	has threatened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had threatened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will threaten
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have threatened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am threatening
	he, she, it	is threatening
	you, we, they	are threatening
Past	I, he, she, it	was threatening
	you, we, they	were threatening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been threatening
	he, she, it	has been threatening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been threatening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be threatening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been threatening

COLLOCATIONS► threatened ... life

He said the men had threatened his life.

► threaten somebody/something with destruction/extinction/death etc.

Large areas of the jungle are threatened with destruction.

1[transitive] to say that you will cause someone pain, worry, or trouble if he or she does not do what you want: Are you threatening me? The unions are threatening a one-day strike.threaten to do something Carol threatened to resign.threaten somebody with something He never threatened me with violence. He said the men had threatened his life.2[transitive] to be likely to harm, kill, or destroy someone or something: Pollution is threatening the marine life in the bay.threaten somebody/something with destruction/extinction/death etc. Large areas of the jungle are threatened with destruction.3threaten to do something to be likely to cause a bad or unpleasant situation: The scandal threatens to ruin his election chances.4[intransitive, transitive] literary if something bad threatens or something else threatens it, it seems likely to happen: Rain threatened.