词汇精选:threat的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
恐吓,威胁 [U,C]
例句:
My threat reduced him to silence.
我的恐吓使他静默。
例句:
His words amounted to a threat.
他的回答等于威胁。
凶兆 [C]
例句:
The threat of bankruptcy hung over the company.
破产的预兆笼罩着那家公司。
例句:
There was a threat of typhoon.
有刮台风的兆头。
祸根 [C]
例句:
It has become a threat to democracy and may render the presidential election an exercise in futility.
这是对民主本质的一大威胁,可能使总统选举成为有名无实的民主活动。
例句:
As late as the 1950s tuberculosis was still a threat.
直到二十世纪五十年代, 结核病仍然使人不寒而栗。
二、词义辨析:
danger,risk,hazard,menace,peril,threat
这些名词均含有“危险、威胁”之意。danger含义广,普通用词,指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。risk指有可能发生的危险,尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。hazard比risk正式,多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险,常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。menace所指的危险性最严重,表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。peril指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。threat普通用词,语气弱于menace,指任何公开侵犯对方的言行,给对方构成危险或威胁。
三、参考例句:
The clouds brought a threat of rain.
云预示着将要下雨。
Predators were a threat to the herd.
食肉动物对牧群是个威胁。
My threat reduced him to silence.
我的恐吓使他静默。
There was a threat of typhoon.
有刮台风的兆头。
Hydro power poses a threat to wildlife.
水力发电给野生动物带来了很大的威胁。
The threat of war has depressed business activity.
战争的威胁使经济萧条。
Pollution poses threat to the development of industry.
污染对工业的发展造成威胁。
His presence is a threat to our success.
他的出现对我们的成功是一个威胁。
The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
新一轮内战的威胁在逼近。
The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.
这局势对世界和平构成了严重的威胁。