threaten
gb/θɹˈɛtən/ us/θɹˈɛtən/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 1500
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
B1
action
1
State intent to harm
To say or show you will hurt someone or something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to threaten [someone/something] with [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'threaten' with 'warn'. 'Warn' is to tell someone about danger to help them, while 'threaten' is to say you will cause the danger.
คำพ้องความหมาย
menace (Slightly more formal or literary term for making a threat.)
คำตรงข้าม
reassure (To comfort someone by removing fear or concern.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
threaten violence
|threaten legal action
|threaten someone with
|threaten to kill
|threaten sanctions
หัวข้อ
crime
|conflict
|communication
|emotions
|law
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He threatened to call the police if they didn’t leave.
- The company threatened legal action over the copyright violation.
- She threatened him with a knife.
- They threatened to cancel the event unless security was improved.
- The government threatened sanctions against the country.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He threatened to hit me.
- The boss threatened to fire her.
- She threatened him with a gun.
- They threatened to stop the project.
- He threatened to tell the teacher.
คำกริยา
B1
state
2
Indicate possible danger
To seem like it might cause harm soon.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] threatens [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think this meaning always involves a person speaking. Here it can be about things or situations causing danger without intent.
คำพ้องความหมาย
endanger (Focuses on putting someone or something at risk rather than expressing intent.)
คำตรงข้าม
protect (To keep safe from harm or danger.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
threaten stability
|threaten survival
|threaten health
|threaten jobs
|threaten peace
หัวข้อ
nature
|risk
|safety
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Rising sea levels threaten coastal cities.
- The disease threatens the lives of millions.
- His reckless driving threatens everyone on the road.
- The storm threatens to delay the flight.
- Pollution threatens marine ecosystems.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The fire threatens the forest.
- The storm threatens the town.
- The new law threatens small businesses.
- The virus threatens many people.
- The flood threatens the village.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
threaten
IPA
GB/θɹˈɛtən/
US/θɹˈɛtən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
threaten (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (threaten)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: threaten
- 3rd Person Singular: threatens
- Present Participle: threatening
- Past: threatened
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
threatens
verb
threatening
verb
threatened
verb
Core family
threat
noun B1
Related words
threateningly
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
unthreatening
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
threaten someone with something
1/θɹˈɛtən sˈʌmwˌʌn wˈɪθ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
Say you will harm using something
To say you will use something to hurt someone or cause trouble.
ตัวอย่าง
- He threatened her with a knife.
- The company threatened them with legal action.
threaten to do something
1/θɹˈɛtən tə dˈu sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
Say you will do harm
To say you will do something bad if someone does not do what you want.
ตัวอย่าง
- She threatened to quit if her pay wasn’t increased.
- They threatened to call the police when he refused to leave.