threat

threat /θret/
  • danh từ
    • sự đe doạ
      • there is a threat of rain: có cơn mưa đang đe doạ, trời muốn mưa
    • lời đe doạ, lời hăm doạ
      • empty threat: lời đe doạ suông
      • to utter threat against someone: doạ ai
Lĩnh vực: toán & tin
 sự đe dọa
American standard pipe threat
 Ren ống theo tiêu chuẩn Hoa Kỳ
American standard threat
 Ren theo tiêu chuẩn Hoa Kỳ
electric threat
 ren ống lắp điện
passive threat
 luồng thụ động
threat agent
 tác nhân đe dọa

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): threat, threaten, threatening, threateningly

Xem thêm: menace, terror, scourge



threat

Từ điển Collocation

threat noun

1 expression of intention to do harm/punish

ADJ. dire, terrible Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully. | empty, idle The kids took no notice of the teacher's idle threats. | implied, veiled The company's pay offer was accompanied by thinly-veiled threats of redundancies if it was rejected. | explicit | physical, violent | verbal | bomb, death, suicide

VERB + THREAT issue, make, utter | receive | carry out It's unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out. | lift, withdraw Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action. | reduce | give in to The government refused to give in to the hijackers' threats.

PREP. ~ against The accused made death threats against a notable politician.

2 possible danger

ADJ. big, considerable, dangerous, deadly, grave, great, major, real, serious, significant | main | growing, increasing | constant, continual, continuous, ever-present, permanent | renewed The national park is under renewed threat from road-building schemes. | direct, immediate, imminent The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government. | insidious | long-term, short-term | potential | apparent, perceived | external The government was faced with internal rebellion as well as external threats. | physical | political | environmental | military, nuclear, terrorist

VERB + THREAT be, pose, present, represent the environmental threat posed by oil spillages | consider sth (as), perceive sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, view sth as Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood. | face, meet

PREP. under ~ Many wild plants are under threat of extinction. | ~ from the threat from overfishing | ~ of a threat of violence | ~ to The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • something that is a source of danger; menace

    earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan

  • a warning that something unpleasant is imminent

    they were under threat of arrest

  • declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another

    his threat to kill me was quite explicit

  • a person who inspires fear or dread; terror, scourge

    he was the terror of the neighborhood

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

threats
syn.: menace scourge terror