threatened是什么意思？

threatened

• adj. 受到威胁的；
• v. 威胁(threaten的过去分词)；

例句

• In the swift the day before that year’s wheat harvest,a rainstorm threatened. 在那一年麦收的前一天,一场暴雨眼看就要来临。
• When the President's position was threatened, he issued an order to clamp down on all anti-government activities. 当总统的地位受到威胁时, 他下令取消一切反政府活动。
• A gang of scamps threatened us. 一帮流氓恐吓我们。
• Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it. 那男子突然掏出手枪威胁司机。
• The boss threatened to fire her. 老板威胁要开除她。
• They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求, 时而威胁, 但这一切看来都没有用。
• I threatened them with public exposure. 我扬言要公开揭发他们。
• His dictatorship was threatened by his opponents. 他的独裁遭到反对派的威胁。
• The boss threatened to break her if she didn't stop discounting their products. 那位老板威胁说如果她不停止削价出售他们的产品，他将使她破产。
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。

英语六级真题

Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  受到威胁的;感到危险的
  If you feel threatened, you feel as if someone is trying to harm you.
  例句
  Anger is the natural reaction we experience when we feel threatened or frustrated... 我们感觉受到威胁或遭遇挫折时，生气是正常反应。 The survey found that 4 per cent of people felt threatened by the sight of beggars. 调查发现，4% 的人看见乞丐时会觉得危险。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered;
  "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"