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

• A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the eastern Indian states.
  发生在孟加拉湾的飓风正威胁着印度东部各邦。
• A threat or the act of threatening.
  一个威胁或一种威胁的行为。
• It warns that this is threatening marine life and livelihoods linked to fisheries and tourism.
  它警告说，这正在威胁着海洋生物以及渔业和旅游业的生计。
• Preventing military forces from threatening or harming other countries 'security and stability;
  军事力量不得威胁或损害他国的安全与稳定；
• The terrorists are threatening to blow up the plane.
  恐怖分子扬言要炸毁飞机。
• Are you threatening me?
  你是在威胁我吗？
• Do you keep all the threatening letters?
  你把所有的恐吓信都收起来了吗？
• Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
  猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
• He's been threatening me for months.
  他威胁我好几个月了。
• 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。