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Menace Thing Harm N Count Verb Menaced Threaten Demanding

单词 menace
音标
英[ˈmenəs] 美[ˈmɛnɪs]
解释
n.威胁;恐吓;vt.&vi.威胁;恐吓;
例句

N-COUNT
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.
例:In my view you are a menace to the public.在我看来,你对公众是个祸害。
例:...the menace of fascism...法西斯主义的威胁

N-COUNT
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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-UNCOUNT
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.
例:There is a pervading sense of menace.有一种危机四伏的感觉。
例:...a voice full of menace.充满威胁的声音

VERB
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.
例: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。

VERB
威胁;恐吓
If you are menaced by someone, they threaten to harm you.
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例:He denies demanding money with menaces.他否认有过勒索钱财的行为。
变形
third:menaces~done:menaced~ing:menacing~past:menaced~

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