Menace
[ 'mɛnəs ]
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n. 威胁;恐吓;
vt.&vi. 威胁;恐吓;
💡 词根助记
minere(突出；伸出)+ace(表示抽象名词的后缀)→威胁；胁迫
📝 例句
Presently I sensed an underlying air of menace in his appeal, I was angered.
我立刻感觉到他的呼吁中暗含着威胁的意思，于是我被触怒了。
The robber menaced him with a revolver.
强盗用左轮手枪威吓他。
Hurricanes periodically menace the Gulf Coast.
飓风常常威胁着墨西哥湾海岸。
He spoke with menace in his voice.
他说话的声音中带着威胁。
Then there are countries permanently under the menace of the aggressive powers.
此外还有永远在侵略强国威胁下的国家。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※men-男人,ace-face脸:男人的脸带着威胁的表情
※men-男人,a-一,ce-拼音“厕”:男人们在一个厕所里受到了威胁
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-min-表示“突出”
📖 牛津释义
menace
n
1 [U] threatening quality, tone, feeling, etc 威胁; 恐吓
in a speech filled with menace 在充满恫吓言词的演说中
a film that creates an atmosphere of menace 一部营造威吓气氛的影片.
2 [sing]
(a) ~ (to sb/sth) person or thing that threatens 进行威胁的人或事物
These weapons are a menace (to world peace). 这些武器就是（对世界和平的）威胁.
(b) (infml or joc 口或谑) person or thing that is a nuisance, a danger, etc 讨厌的、 危险的...人或事物
That woman is a menace! Keep her away from this machine! 那个女人真讨厌! 别让她靠近这部机器!
That low beam is a menace! I keep hitting my head on it. 那条低梁真危险! 老磕我的头. menace, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth) threaten sb/sth; endanger sb/sth 威胁、 恐吓、 危及某人[某事物]
countries menaced by/with war 受战争威胁的国家
Your vicious dog is menacing my cat! 你那条恶狗对我家的猫太凶了! menacingly adv in a threatening manner 威胁地; 恐吓地.
🎯 考研助记
men(人)+ace(ac尖的):拿把尖刀 威胁人
🔁 扩展释义
*['menis]n. 威胁, 胁迫vt. 威吓, 胁迫vi. 威吓, 胁迫【法】 胁迫, 威胁, 恐吓
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From the top of it, you could see up to a distance of 130 kilometres on a clear day.
在晴朗的日子里，从楼的顶层你可以看到130公里远的地方。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作，切掉旧的金属，焊接新的金属板，钻孔，埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Professors from the university in Paris would be coming down by train.
巴黎那些大学的教授们将会坐火车来这里。