threaten · verb
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Jemanden oder etwas der Gefahr von Schaden oder Scheitern aussetzen.
Rising costs threaten the future of several small theatres in the region.
The long delay threatened to prevent us from completing the work before winter.
Changes to the river could threaten the habitats of local wildlife.
A lack of reliable transport is threatening the success of the evening courses.
Ankündigen, Schaden oder Schwierigkeiten zu verursachen, oft um Gehorsam zu erzwingen.
The customer threatened to cancel the contract unless the delivery arrived that week.
She reported the messages after a stranger threatened to damage her property.
The landlord threatened legal action when the company ignored repeated requests for payment.
Nobody should be threatened for expressing a different opinion during a public debate.
Formen
- threaten base form
- threatens third-person singular present
- threatened past tense; past participle
- threatening present participle