threat

• The threat was neither implied nor indirect .
  这种威胁既不是含蓄的，也不是间接的。
• It was no idle warning but a stern threat .
  这不是虚声恫吓的警告，而是严肃的威胁。
• His answer amounts to a threat .
  他的回答等于恐吓。
• She smiled at his threats .
  她对他的威胁一笑置之。
• He was broken by the threats .
  他被威胁压服了。
• I don't respond to threats .
  我不怕别人威胁。
• For we had tangible reasons to take the threat seriously .
  因为我们确实有理由认真对待这种威胁。
• There is a threat of rain .
  像要下雨。
• New threats of war were therefore dismissed as bluff .
  因此，新的战争威胁被当作虚声恫吓而不予置理。
• Hearn was a threat .
  侯恩是个隐患。