menace

单词辨析:

threaten menace 【导航词义:威胁】
threaten v. 威胁,恐吓
〔辨析〕

尤指以威胁或恐吓的方式胁迫某人做或不做某事,含如不服从将会有严重后果之意。

〔例证〕

The boss threatened to fire him.

老板威胁要开除他。

Her father threatened to turn her out of doors.

她的父亲扬言要赶她出门。

The workers threatened a strike if the company refused to raise their pay.

如果公司拒绝增加工资,工人们威胁要罢工。

menace v. [正式]威胁,恐吓
〔辨析〕

多指用目光、行动、武器等对别人进行恐吓,而不是用语言明白地表示出来。

〔例证〕

The robber menaced him with a revolver.

歹徒用左轮手枪威吓他。

These measures menace their liberty.

这些措施威胁着他们的自由。

Many wild animals are still menaced by poachers.

许多野生动物仍然面临非法捕猎者的威胁。

相关例句:

We must all stand together to fight out this menace.

我们必须齐心协力与这种威胁战斗到底。

The man's lunatic behavior is a menace to society.

那个人的疯狂行为构成对社会的威胁。

He spoke with desperate menace.

他用恐吓的语气和我们讲话。

Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace.

全书弥漫着一种危险的气息。

The man's worse than irritating, he's a positive menace!

这个人不仅惹人生气,简直是讨厌透了。

This paper analyzes the problem of managers risk-sharing and incentive design in termination menace.

本文分析了解雇威胁条件下的经营者风险分担和激励设计问题。