داستان آبیدیک

threat

θɹɛt


فارسی

1 عمومی:: ترساندن‌، تهدید، تهدید كردن‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

english

1 general:: threat verbs make/issue a threat • Neighbours say that they heard Gardiner make threats against his wife. carry out a threat (= do what you threatened to do ) • She ought to have carried out her threat to go to the police. give in to a threat (= do what something wants you to do after they threaten you ) • The government is not going to give in to terrorist threats. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + threat a death threat (= a threat to kill someone ) • Scientists involved in the research have received death threats. a bomb threat • The station was closed because of a bomb threat. an empty/idle threat (= one that is not sincere ) • She was not a woman to make idle threats. a veiled threat (= one that is not made directly ) • The emails contained thinly veiled threats of harm. threat 2 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + threat a serious/major threat • Bad air quality poses a serious threat to public health. the greatest/biggest threat • The greatest threat to our planet is global warming. a real threat • These measures pose a real threat to the future of agriculture. a potential threat • The group remains a potential threat to the regime. an immediate threat (= the possibility that something bad will happen very soon ) • The volcano erupted on Thursday but there is no immediate threat to nearby towns. a direct threat • The workers destroyed the textile machinery which they saw as a direct threat to their jobs. a military threat • Each country regarded the other as a major military threat. a terrorist threat • U.S. officials underestimated the terrorist threat before the June 25 bombing. verbs pose/present a threat • The rebels do not pose a serious threat to the armed forces. represent a threat • He is not afraid, because you represent no threat to him. counter/combat a threat • We must work together to counter the threat of state terrorism. face a threat (= likely to be affected by something ) • The factory is facing the threat of closure. meet a threat (= deal with it ) • We must transform our armed forces to meet emerging threats.

transnet.ir

2 general::   noun 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. 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.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: see TRIPLE THREAT.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: noun danger: They are a threat to the country.

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