threat
US: /ˈθɹɛt/
UK: /θɹˈɛt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
threat /θret/- danh từ
- sự đe doạ
- there is a threat of rain: có cơn mưa đang đe doạ, trời muốn mưa
- lời đe doạ, lời hăm doạ
- empty threat: lời đe doạ suông
- to utter threat against someone: doạ ai
- sự đe doạ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C, U] ~ (to do sth) a statement in which you tell sb that you will punish or harm them, especially if they do not do what you want: to make threats against sb + She is prepared to carry out her threat to resign. + He received death threats from right-wing groups. + crimes involving violence or the threat of violence
2 [U, C, usually sing.] the possibility of trouble, danger or disaster: These ancient woodlands are under threat from new road developments. + There is a real threat of war. + The forecast is for rain with the threat of thunderstorms.
3 [C, usually sing.] ~ (to sth) a person or thing that is likely to cause trouble, danger, etc: He is unlikely to be a threat to the Spanish player in the final. + Drug abuse poses a major threat to the fabric of our society.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 intimidation, menace, commination, warning, peril, risk, danger, Damoclean sword:
It is not honesty but the threat of punishment that deters many from crime.
2 omen, presage, portent, foreboding, forewarning, intimation:
The villagers lived under a constant threat from the smoking volcano.
Collocation
1 expression of intention to do harm/punish
ADJ.
dire, terrible
Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully.
| empty, idle
The kids took no notice of the teacher's idle threats.
| implied, veiled
The company's pay offer was accompanied by thinly-veiled threats of redundancies if it was rejected.
| explicit | physical, violent | verbal | bomb, death, suicide
VERB + THREAT
issue, make, utter | receive | carry out
It's unwise to make threats that you cannot carry out.
| lift, withdraw
Teachers have lifted their threat of strike action.
| reduce | give in to
The government refused to give in to the hijackers' threats.
PREP.
~ against
The accused made death threats against a notable politician.
2 possible danger
ADJ.
big, considerable, dangerous, deadly, grave, great, major, real, serious, significant | main | growing, increasing | constant, continual, continuous, ever-present, permanent | renewed
The national park is under renewed threat from road-building schemes.
| direct, immediate, imminent
The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government.
| insidious | long-term, short-term | potential | apparent, perceived | external
The government was faced with internal rebellion as well as external threats.
| physical | political | environmental | military, nuclear, terrorist
VERB + THREAT
be, pose, present, represent
the environmental threat posed by oil spillages
| consider sth (as), perceive sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, view sth as
Translators do not yet perceive computers as a threat to their livelihood.
| face, meet
PREP.
under ~
Many wild plants are under threat of extinction.
| ~ from
the threat from overfishing
| ~ of
a threat of violence
| ~ to
The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.
Concise dictionary
threatsθretnoun
+something that is a source of danger
+a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
+declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
+a person who inspires fear or dread
