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

• 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。
• His words slowly relaxed her threatening attitude.
  他的言语慢慢地缓和了她的威胁态度。
• A threat or the act of threatening.
  一个威胁或一种威胁的行为。
• This weekend's fighting is threatening to burst into full-scale war
  本周末的冲突有升级成全面战争的危险。
• The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour
  警方本可指控他们恐吓。
• The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war
  这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。
• Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
  猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
• Are you threatening me?
  你是在威胁我吗？
• Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government.
  巴黎出租车司机们正威胁阻塞交通以对政府进一步施压。
• My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me
  男友威胁说要和我分手。