詞彙精選:threat的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
恐嚇,威脅 [U,C]
例句:
My threat reduced him to silence.
我的恐嚇使他靜默。
例句:
His words amounted to a threat.
他的回答等於威脅。
凶兆 [C]
例句:
The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.
破產的預兆籠罩着那家公司。
例句:
There was a threat of typhoon.
有刮颱風的兆頭。
禍根 [C]
例句:
It has become a threat to democracy and may render the presidential election an exercise in futility.
這是對民主本質的一大威脅,可能使總統選舉成爲有名無實的民主活動。
例句:
As late as the 1950s tuberculosis was still a threat.
直到二十世紀五十年代, 結核病仍然使人不寒而慄。
二、詞義辨析:
danger,risk,hazard,menace,peril,threat
這些名詞均含有“危險、威脅”之意。danger含義廣,普通用詞,指能夠造成傷害、損害或不利的任何情況。risk指有可能發生的危險,尤指主動進行某種活動或去碰運氣而冒的危險。hazard比risk正式,多指偶然發生的或無法控制的危險,常含較嚴重或有一定風險的意味。menace所指的危險性最嚴重,表示使用暴力或造成破壞性的可能。peril指迫在眉睫很有可能發生的嚴重危險。threat普通用詞,語氣弱於menace,指任何公開侵犯對方的言行,給對方構成危險或威脅。
三、參考例句:
The clouds brought a threat of rain.
雲預示着將要下雨。
Predators were a threat to the herd.
食肉動物對牧羣是個威脅。
My threat reduced him to silence.
我的恐嚇使他靜默。
There was a threat of typhoon.
有刮颱風的兆頭。
Hydro power poses a threat to wildlife.
水力發電給野生動物帶來了很大的威脅。
The threat of war has depressed business activity.
戰爭的威脅使經濟蕭條。
Pollution poses threat to the development of industry.
污染對工業的發展造成威脅。
His presence is a threat to our success.
他的出現對我們的成功是一個威脅。
The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
新一輪內戰的威脅在逼近。
The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.
這局勢對世界和平構成了嚴重的威脅。