threat

The poisoned food has been removed from the shops and there is no threat to public health.

有毒食品已从商店取走,不会对公众健康造成威胁.

His words amounted to a threat.

他的话实际上是威胁.

The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.

那家公司出现了破产的预兆.

The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...

飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。

He may be forced to carry out his threat to resign...

他也许会被迫把自己的辞职威胁付诸行动。

to make threats against sb

对某人进行威胁

She muttered a threat.

她低声恐吓.

Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.

他们威胁说要雇用替工，这使工会陷入了困境。

The threat of unemployment has spurred students on to work harder at their studies.

失业的威胁促使学生更加努力学习.

the imminent threat of invasion

迫在眉睫的入侵威胁

If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.

如果你作出威胁，在他再犯错时，一定要说到做到。

They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.

他们开了两艘驱逐舰进入这个地区,来反击敌人战舰的威胁.

There is a real threat of war.

确有可能发生战争。

His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month...

在定于下月举行的党代表大会上，他的领导地位将受到威胁。

The enemy on the right flank is now like a spent arrow and no longer a threat to our position.

右翼的敌人已经是强弩之末,不能再威胁我们的阵地了.

He began with entreaties and ended with a threat.

他先是恳求,最后是威胁.

This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.

这会对农业和食物链造成威胁，由此而危及人的健康。

He is a versatile writer; he is able to play the piano.

他是位多才多艺作家, 会弹钢琴.

crimes involving violence or the threat of violence

涉及暴力或暴力威胁的罪行

Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...

有些夫妇把单身女人看成是对他们婚姻的威胁。

He received death threats from right-wing groups.

他收到了右翼团体的死亡恐吓。

She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign.

对于将辞职的要挟付诸行动，她已做好了思想准备。

These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments.

新道路开发可能对这些古老的林地造成破坏。

She lives daily under threat of violence...

她每天都生活在暴力威胁之下。

Drugs pose a major threat to our society.

毒品成为对社会的一大威胁。

The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship...

受到被驱逐下台的独裁政府官员的威胁后，那个牧师一直藏匿不出。

He is unlikely to be a threat to the Spanish player in the final.

相信他不会在决赛中对这位西班牙运动员形成威胁。

the immediacy of threat

威胁的迫切性

Never submit to a threat.

永远不要屈服于威胁.