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起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。 At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
他语气中带有威胁的口吻。 A tone of menace entered into his voice.
这些武器是对世界和平的威胁。 These weapons are a menace to world peace.
浮冰对这一带的航运是一种威胁. Ice-floes are a threat to shipping in the area.
污染对这一物种的继续生存造成了威胁。 Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this species.
油轮需求量的下降使很多工作职位受到威胁。 A fall in demand for oil tankers has put jobs in jeopardy.
经理企图以解雇来威胁，迫使职工更卖力气。 The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal.
人类是否会受到完全灭绝的威胁呢？ Is the human race threatened with complete extinction?
我不相信他真会按他威胁的话去做, 他不过吓唬（我们）罢了. I don't believe he'd really do what he threatens he's only bluffing (us).
除了14行诗和其他诗体之外，莎士比亚的形式感隐蔽起来了，不存在着威胁。不论这一看法多么不对，它确实使这位紧跟在莎士比亚后面浮现出来的诗人一时生产一种幻觉：他可能是有惊无险。 Except in the sonnets and poems, Shakespeare's formal sense is disguised and does not threaten. No matter how wrong this idea might be, it does give the poet bobbing in Shakespeare's wake the momentary illusion that he might be waving instead of drowning.
经济衰退的威胁笼罩着世界。 The threat of an economic depression hangs over the world.
罢工者受到威胁说，如果他们不复工，就会被解雇。 The strikers were threatened with dismissal if they did not return to work.
油轮需求量下降使造船业成千上万的工作职位受到威胁. A fall in demand for oil tankers has put/placed thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in jeopardy.
受重型迫击炮火力威胁的敌军阵地；受步枪火力的袭击 Subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire; struck by rifle fire.
＂老板威胁说要解雇所有同情罢工的员工，但是这不过是恐吓而已。＂ "The boss threatened to dismiss all the employees who had expressed their sympathy for the strike, but it's all bluff."
1986年布什所预料到的尴尬情形果然发生了。他的政治生涯的确受到威胁。他[对里根]的效忠到了瘫痪自己的程度。这固然是个人美德，但在政治上却是障碍。 The dilemma that Bush foresaw in1986 has come to pass. His political career is indeed at stake, and his paralyzing loyalty is becoming a political handicap as well as a personal virtue.
他在明知他的性命有可能受到威胁的情况下接任了那职位。 He took over the post in the knowledge that it might endanger his life.
燃放鞭炮不仅仅被看作讨厌的事，而且还被认为是对人的生命财产的严重威胁。 Setting off firecrackers is seen not merely as a nuisance, but also as a big threat to man's life and property.
用暴力威胁侵犯他人身体犯罪行为应与殴打罪区别开来。其区别是，前者是用暴力相威胁而后者是实际上的使用暴力。 Assault shall be distinguished from battery, in that assault is the threat of violence, whereas battery is actual violence.
除非某个心怀不满的大亨加以反对并威胁要退出，这样决定下来的名单就成了人名单。如果出现反对或退出的行为，那就称为“撕毁候选人名单”。 The list so settled it now a slate, unless some discontented magnate objects and threatens to withdraw. To do so is called"breaking the slate".