threaten /'θretn/

Meaning

English definition

• (v.) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
• (v.) to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"

Chinese translation

• vt. 恐吓, 威胁, 预示...的凶兆
• vi. 威胁, 恫吓, 可能来临

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/'θretn/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 3.94 · Rare

Word forms

threatened, threatening, threatens

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