menace

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n. 威胁, 胁迫 v. 威吓, 胁迫

发音

其它 /ˈmɛnɪs/

词形变化

menaces 复数 menaces menaced menaces 三单 menacest menaceth menacing menacing 现在分词 menaced 过去式 menaced 过去分词

别名

manace

教材释义与例句

名词

威胁；恐吓

动词

恐吓；进行威胁

动词

威胁；恐吓

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A perceived threat or danger.

    威胁

  2. 2.

    The act of threatening.

    恐吓

  3. 3.

    An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.

    及物/不及物 及物

    to menace a country with war

  2. 2.

    To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).

    及物/不及物
  3. 3.

    To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

threat

上位词 2

danger threat

下位词 1

yellow peril
动词

同义词 6

threaten peril jeopardize endanger jeopardise imperil

上位词 10

do be show act carry bear exist behave express conduct

相关短语

yellow menace lavender menace red menace

词源

From Middle English manace, from Old French manace, menace, &c., from Late Latin minācia (“threat, menace”), from Latin mināx (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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