menace
英 ['menəs]
美['mɛnəs]
- n. 威胁；恐吓
- vi. 恐吓；进行威胁
- vt. 威胁；恐吓
助记提示
1. 谐音“灭你死”----黑帮老大对小混混说“你要是不乖乖听话的话，就灭你死，灭死你，灭你全家”----威胁，恐吓。
中文词源
menace 威胁
来自拉丁语minari,突出，升出，来自PIE*men,突出，升出，词源同mountain,minatory.引申词义威胁。
英英释意
- 1. something that is a source of danger;
- "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
- 2. a threat or the act of threatening;
- "he spoke with desperate menace"
英文词源
- menace
- menace: [13] Latin mināx meant ‘threatening’ (it was formed from a base *min- ‘jut’ which also produced English eminent and prominent, and hence etymologically denoted ‘overhanging’). From it was derived the noun minācia ‘threatening things’, which passed into English via Old French manace. The closely related demeanour comes ultimately from a word denoting ‘drive animals with threats’.
=> eminent, prominent - menace (n.)
- c. 1300, "declaration of hostile intent," also "act of threatening," from Old French menace "menace, threat" (9c.), from Vulgar Latin minacia "threat, menace" (also source of Spanish amenaza, Italian minaccia), singular of Latin minaciæ "threatening things," from minax (genitive minacis) "threatening," from minari "threaten, jut, project," from minæ "threats, projecting points," from PIE root *men- (2) "to project." Applied to persons from 1936.
- menace (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French menacer "threaten, urge" (11c.), Anglo-French manasser, from Vulgar Latin *minaciare "to threaten," from minacia (see menace (n.)). Related: Menaced; menacing.
同义词辨析
danger, risk, hazard, menace, peril, threat
这些名词均含有"危险，威胁"之意。
danger： 含义广，普通用词，指能够造成伤害、损害或不利的任何情况。
risk： 指有可能发生的危险，尤指主动进行某种活动或去碰运气而冒的危险。
hazard比risk正式，多指偶然发生的或无法控制的危险，常含较严重或有一定风险的意味。
menace： 所指的危险性最严重，表示使用暴力或造成破坏性的可能。
peril： 指迫在眉睫很有可能发生的严重危险。
threat： 普通用词，语气弱于menace，指任何公开侵犯对方的言行，给对方构成危险或威胁。
threaten, menace
这两个动词均有"威胁，恐吓"之意。
threaten： 侧重扬言要对不服从者给予惩罚，有时指某种情况所预示的恶兆。
menace： 系正式用词，着重以脸色或某种意志给以威胁，而不用语言明白表示出来。
实用场景例句
- a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of illegal drugs
- 旨在打击非法毒品威胁的新举措
牛津词典
- a sense/an air/a hint of menace in his voice
- 他的话音里的威胁语气 / 腔调 / 意味
牛津词典
- to demand money with menaces
- 勒索钱财
牛津词典
- The forests are being menaced by major development projects.
- 大型开发项目正在危及森林。
牛津词典
- In my view you are a menace to the public.
- 在我看来，你对公众是个祸害。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the menace of fascism...
- 法西斯主义的威胁
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You're a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy...
- 肯沃西，你这人真讨厌，居然侵犯我的隐私。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.
- 正如我在本书前面说过的那样，劣质的鞋子会很麻烦。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is a pervading sense of menace.
- 有一种危机四伏的感觉。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a voice full of menace.
- 充满威胁的声音
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.
- 欧洲国家仍具有威胁英国自身安全的潜在能力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She's being menaced by her sister's latest boyfriend.
- 她正受到姐姐最近一个男友的恐吓。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He denies demanding money with menaces.
- 他否认有过勒索钱财的行为。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- My youngest cousin is Dennis the Menace, he's always full of energy.
- 我的小表弟是个过动儿, 他总是充满精力.
期刊摘选
- She is a constant menace to the predominance of Germany in the world.
- 它老在德国称霸世界的事情上从中作梗.
期刊摘选
- At night, huddled in their tent, they begin to suspect menace from someone or something outside.
- 夜晚, 他们蜷缩在帐篷中, 开始疑神疑鬼.
期刊摘选
- In the north, the sprawling green hills of Thestra are plagued by an unstoppable undead menace.
- 在北部, 挡不住的不死军团威胁、困扰着泽斯拉蔓延的青山.
期刊摘选
- Not too serious a menace, at first , for the raids had not numerous or destructive.
- 由于这些袭击并没有形成一定规模, 也没有造成太大的破坏.
期刊摘选
- This growing poverty in the midst of growing poverty constitutes a permanent menace to peace.
- 在这种不断增长的贫困中正在增长着的贫困,构成了对和平的永久的威胁.
《用法词典》
- The man's worse than irritating, he's a positive menace!
- 这个人不只惹人生气, 简直是讨厌透了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Alibaba is taking move abate China foreign trade glides the menace of pair of its business.
- 阿里巴巴正在采取举措减弱中国外贸下滑对其业务的威胁.
期刊摘选
- United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
- 联队的进攻看上去一点威胁也没有.
《简明英汉词典》
- That, she surmises, might give them an immunity to this new menace that young people lack.
- 她推测到, 这可能使他们对这种新的病毒产生一种免疫力,而年轻人则缺乏这种免疫.
期刊摘选
- A careless driver is a menace to all road users.
- 漫不经心的驾驶员对于路上所有车辆和行人都是危险的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Secateurs give you a wonderful feeling of power; and you becoming menace to all you survey.
- 剪枝夹给你一种美妙的力量感, 你对所有看到的物品都构成威胁.
期刊摘选
- The war menace grows out of their attempt to dominate the world.
- 战争威胁来自他们称霸世界的企图.
期刊摘选
- These weapons are a menace to world peace.
- 这些武器是对世界和平的威胁.
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