恫吓

• They tried in vain to frighten him with threats .
  他们百般恫吓，依然无效。
• He's lying, i think, or bluffing .
  我看，他这是在撒谎，再不然，就是在恫吓。
• I thought the veiled threat of war was bluff .
  我认为那含蓄的战争恫吓是吓唬人的。
• 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。
• Never bluff unless you are prepared to carry through .
  如你没有决心干到底，就不要虚声恫吓。
• Do you mean to threaten ?
  你是想恫吓吗？
• 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。
• He threatened to put balboa ashore on one of the rocky islets .
  他恫吓着要把巴尔波亚放到一个多岩石的小岛岸上。
• Their mail was being packed with importuning or threatening letters .
  他们的信箱里充满了提出强硬要求和恫吓的信。
• A leader known to yield to intimidation invites it .
  一位领导人如果让人们知道他曾在恫吓面前屈服过，就只能招来更多的恫吓。