| 词汇 | menaced |
| 释义 | menaced past simple and past participle ofmenace menace verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈmen.ɪs/ us /ˈmen.əs/ If someone or something menaces a person or thing, he, she, or it threatens seriously to harm it: 威胁;威吓 Hurricane Hugo menaced the eastern coast for a week.飓风“雨果”威胁东海岸长达一周。 Synonyms endanger imperilformal jeopardize threaten Dangers and threats balefully baneful banefully black spot hang hang over something hazard hazardous hazardously non-lethal on/under pain of deathidiom or elseidiom parlous parlously someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom threateningly tombstoning treacherously triple threat ultra-hazardous Examples of menacedmenaced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And the consequences of this operation menaced, besides the dogmas of faith, the whole foundation of traditional knowledge. The new historicists thus menaced much that was held dear: the thrust for contextualization threatened to devalue the currency, turning sound into silence. Trucks of the streets and sewers departments were used in moving the flood menaced families to various school houses located on higher grounds. For thinkers in these modes, there is an intrinsic connection between the notion of a polity and the idea that it is made or menaced by successions of particular events. More than 200 firemen fought valiantly through the night as flames leaping 150 feet menaced some 25,000 tons of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our coastlines and beaches are, therefore, likely to be menaced for years to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day the gasworks is being menaced by subsidence, and additional expenditure will have to be made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the direct grant schools will not, in fact, be menaced but will be able to make their contribution without fear or favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These men had laboured long and earnestly to build up the prosperity of a small country that had never menaced anyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He encouraged firms to integrate, or perhaps one might say he menaced them into integrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout the region, economic reform needed to underpin democratic government was menaced by the terrible drought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no light matter that a trade like that should have been menaced by an administrative act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has said that we should build ships of equal power and equal numbers to those by which our security at sea may be menaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1936, we were still menaced by the danger of foreign dumping in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is strange that, if they are menaced by competition, wages are going up there, while ours are going down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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