Слово англійською: threaten
Дієслово
Переклад threaten українською: загро́жувати, погро́жувати кому́ чим, загро́жувати кому́/чому́, бу́ти під загро́зою
Детальний опис
- [transitive] to say that you will cause trouble, hurt somebody, etc. if you do not get what you want
- threaten somebody/something They broke my windows and threatened me.
- People have even threatened his life.
- threaten somebody with something The attacker threatened them with a gun.
- He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
- threaten something The threatened strike has been called off.
- Students are threatening legal action.
- threaten to do something The hijackers threatened to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met.
- The bank is threatening to sue him.
- threaten that… They threatened that passengers would be killed.
- threaten + speech ‘I'm going to kill him!’ she threatened.
- [intransitive, transitive] to seem likely to happen or cause something unpleasant
- A storm was threatening.
- When war threatens, people act irrationally.
- threaten to do something This dispute threatens to split the party.
- threaten something The clouds threatened rain.
- threaten something with something Many species are now threatened with extinction.
- The theatre was threatened with closure.
- [transitive] threaten something to be a danger to something synonym endanger, at risk
- Pollution is threatening marine life.
- to threaten national security
- They are not currently an endangered or threatened species.
Word OriginOld English thrēatnian ‘urge or induce, especially by using threats’, from thrēat ‘oppression’, of Germanic origin.