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Menace Thing Harm Syn Person Menaced Money ˈmenəs

This flashcard defines "menace" as a threat, a dangerous person or thing, or someone/something that causes trouble or annoyance. It can also refer to a threatening atmosphere or quality, and as a verb, it means to threaten or endanger.

This flashcard defines "menace" as a threat, a dangerous person or thing, or someone/something that causes trouble or annoyance. It can also refer to a threatening atmosphere or quality, and as a verb, it means to threaten or endanger.

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/me̱nɪs/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]威胁;危险人物;祸害 If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, you mean that person or thing is likely to cause serious harm.
  [usu sing]
  • In my view you are a menace to the public.

    在我看来,你对公众是个祸害。

  • ...the menace of fascism...

    法西斯主义的威胁

  • Excessive drinking is a social menace.

    过度饮酒是一种社会公害。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]惹麻烦的人(或物);惹人讨厌的人(或物) You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance.
  [usu sing]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • You're a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy...

    肯沃西,你这人真讨厌,居然侵犯我的隐私。

  • As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.

    正如我在本书前面说过的那样,劣质的鞋子会很麻烦。

3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]威胁性;危险气氛 Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you.
  • There is a pervading sense of menace.

    有一种危机四伏的感觉。

  • ...a voice full of menace.

    充满威胁的声音

4
[VERB 动词]危及;威胁 If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm.
  [V n]
  • The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.

    欧洲国家仍具有威胁英国自身安全的潜在能力。

5
[VERB 动词]威胁;恐吓 If you are menaced by someone, they threaten to harm you.
  [be V-ed]
  [Also V n]
  • She's being menaced by her sister's latest boyfriend.

    她正受到姐姐最近一个男友的恐吓。

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[PHRASE 短语]以威胁(或恐吓)的手段(索要钱财) If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
  [usu PHR after v]
  [BRIT 英]
  [LEGAL 法律]
  • He denies demanding money with menaces.

    他否认有过勒索钱财的行为。


Oxford men·ace / ˈmenəs ; NAmE ˈmenəs /
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verb
menace menaces menaced menacing
noun 1 [countable ,  usually singular ] menace(to sb/sth) a person or thing that causes, or may cause, serious damage, harm or danger 威胁;危险的人(或物) SYN
threat
a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of illegal drugs 旨在打击非法毒品威胁的新举措
2 [uncountable ] an atmosphere that makes you feel threatened or frightened 令人恐怖的氛围;危险气氛 a sense/an air/a hint of menacein his voice 他的话音里的威胁语气╱腔调╱意味 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( informal) a person or thing that is annoying or causes trouble 烦人的人(或事物);引起麻烦的人(或事物) SYN
nuisance
4 menaces [plural ] ( law )
( BrE) threats that sb will cause harm if they do not get what they are asking for 恐吓;威胁 to demand money with menaces 勒索钱财 verb menacesth/sb ( formal) to be a possible danger to sth/sb 对…构成危险;危及;威胁到 SYN
threaten
The forests are being menaced by major development projects. 大型开发项目正在危及森林。
men·ace / ˈmenəs ; NAmE ˈmenəs /
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menace1 noun
menace2 verb
menacemen‧ace1 /ˈmenɪs/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] something or someone that is dangerous SYN  threatmenace of It’s the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing.menace to That man’s a menace to society. He should be locked away. the growing menace of oil pollution at sea2[uncountable] a threatening quality, feeling, or way of behaving:  There was menace in his voice.air/sense of menace There was a sense of menace as the sky grew darker.3[countable] a person, especially a child, who is annoying or causes trouble SYN  nuisance:  My little brother’s a real menace.4with menaces British English law if someone asks another person for something with menaces, they use threats of violence to get what they want:  He was charged with demanding money with menaces.
menace1 noun
menace2 verb
menacemenace2 verb [transitive]
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formal to threaten:  The elephants are still menaced by poachers.
WDF

menace

[ˈmenəs]menaced, menacing, menaces

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menacing[756]
威胁(84%),恐吓(13%),威吓(3%)
n.威胁;恐吓
vi.恐吓;进行威胁
vt.威胁;恐吓

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