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

• We could not grow, it was said, without threatening economic stability much less grow and distribute wealth.
  有人说，我们不可能在不威胁到经济稳定的情况下实现增长，更别提增长和财富分配的美梦了。
• 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。
• She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
  她以公开他们的私情要挟他很多年。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition
  他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
• He looked tall and powerful and, with his dark, watchful face, a little threatening.
  他看上去又高又壮，面色黝黑，满脸警觉，真叫人有点害怕。
• A threat or the act of threatening.
  一个威胁或一种威胁的行为。
• Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
  猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
• I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
  我能理解你为什么认为我的信是在吓唬人，但是我绝无此意。