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词汇 example_english_threat-of-invasion
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threat of invasion

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meanings of threatand invasion


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threat
noun[C]
uk /θret/ us /θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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invasion
noun[C or U]
uk /ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/ us /ɪnˈveɪ.ʒən/
an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of ...
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Examples of threat of invasion


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The threatofinvasion "made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan" (p. 13).
When the threatofinvasion increases, a landowner may opt to clear more than he would if property rights were secure.
Inter-war resentment by workers against employers could not be overcome even in the face of the threatofinvasion.
The threatofinvasion was mounting all the time.
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But it is there; it is as positively there as the threatofinvasion.
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The threatofinvasion has always to be met.
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We face the threatofinvasion by the sea—nothing more, nothing less.
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First, we should be able to defend ourselves against the threatofinvasion.
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It does not flow if there is anarchy in the country or the country is under threatofinvasion.
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The threatofinvasion continued during that winter and the spring and summer of 1941.
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When the threatofinvasion came, we were armed with.
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Imagine a row of seaside bungalows taken during a threatofinvasion such as that of 1941.
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The security of the world depends upon the assumption that every nation may live within its borders, free from the threatofinvasion.
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Practically all the technical equipment was lost, and the threatofinvasion demanded at that time that the maximum number of fighting units should be equipped to meet the enemy.
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National security no longer means just protecting our nation from the threatofinvasion.
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Machinery was ordered, new derricks were builtbut a renewed threatofinvasion again temporarily halted progress.
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Markovia was again under threatofinvasion by outside forces.
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As any real threatofinvasion diminished with time, defenses and fortresses on the islands fell victim to ruin.
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Artisans used the locally available hard granite because of its durability since the kingdom was under constant threatofinvasion.
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