| 1. | Aggressive nations threaten world peace. |
| 侵略成性的国家威胁世界和平。
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| 2. | threaten the life of sb. |
| 威胁要杀死某人。
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| 3. | threaten retaliation against sb. |
| 威胁要向某人报复。
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| 4. | threaten legal proceedings against sb. |
| 威胁要控告某人。
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| 5. | They rob and steal, and even threaten to overrun the whole country and turn me and the royal household out. |
| 他们又是抢，又是偷，甚至扬言要蹂躏全国，还要把我和全体皇族赶走。
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| 6. | Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet. |
| 环境学家指出：持续增加的污染不仅会导致像全球变暖这样严重的问题，而且还将威胁到人类在这个星球的生存。
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| 7. | "Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?" Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. "You have sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?" |
| 上星期参议员罗博特多尔质问时代华纳公司的高级管理人员们："难道这 就是你们希望能够成就的事业?你们已经出卖了自己的灵魂，但是难道 你们还非要腐化我们的国家，威胁我们的孩子们吗?"
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| 8. | It will greatly threaten the security of this country. |
| 它将会极大地威胁本国的安全。
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| 9. | It will seriously threaten the prosperity of the country. |
| 它将严重威胁国家的繁荣。
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| 10. | take, begin, threaten , etc legal proceedings (against sb) |
| (对某人)起诉,提起诉讼,以起诉相威胁
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