| 釋義 |
threat /0ret; Sret/ n [C] 1 statement of an in tention to punish or hurt sb, esp if he docs not do as one wishes: 恐鮮; 威脅： utter a ~ (against sb); 威嚇(某人); carry out a ~; 采取恐 U; be under the ~ of expulsion, eg f rom a university. 受到開除的威脅; 有被開除之虞。 2 a/the ~ (to sb/sth) (of sth), sign or warning of coming trouble, danger, etc: 惡兆; 壞兆頭; 不祥之兆： the ~ to the country's economy of inflation. 該國通貨膨脹之危機。 There was a ~ of rain in the dark sky. 天空黑云密布有下雨的朕兆。 |