threatening

adj.

1. 威胁的；恐吓的
   expressing a threat of harm or violence
   1. threatening letters
      恐吓信
   2. threatening behaviour
      威胁行为
2. 阴沉沉的；乌云密布的
   showing that bad weather is likely
   1. The sky was dark and threatening.
      天空乌云密布，阴沉沉的。

1. ADJ-GRADED (行为)有威胁性的，危险的
   You can describe someone's behaviour as threatening when you think that they are trying to harm you.
   1. The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour...
      警方本可指控他们恐吓。
   2. She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
      她说丹尼收到一封恐吓信，并问是不是我寄的。

1. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition
   他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
2. This weekend's fighting is threatening to burst into full-scale war
   本周末的冲突有升级成全面战争的危险。
3. A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is threatening the eastern Indian states.
   发生在孟加拉湾的飓风正威胁着印度东部各邦。
4. The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area
   大火正威胁着大约60户人家，居民已经从该地区撤离。
5. Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.
   公众对事故的担忧正威胁着核能工业的生存。
6. My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me
   男友威胁说要和我分手。
7. He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
   他指控她曾威胁要挖出他的眼睛。
8. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
   猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
9. I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
   我能理解你为什么认为我的信是在吓唬人，但是我绝无此意。
10. The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
    该委员会明确指出住房不足是威胁村民生活的根本问题。
11. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
    大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。
12. His temples pulsed a little, threatening a headache
    他的太阳穴跳了一会，像是头痛要发作了。
13. Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government.
    巴黎出租车司机们正威胁阻塞交通以对政府进一步施压。
14. The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war
    这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。
15. The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour
    警方本可指控他们恐吓。
16. She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
    她说丹尼收到一封恐吓信，并问是不是我寄的。
17. He looked tall and powerful and, with his dark, watchful face, a little threatening.
    他看上去又高又壮，面色黝黑，满脸警觉，真叫人有点害怕。
18. His words slowly relaxed her threatening attitude.
    他的言语慢慢地缓和了她的威胁态度。
19. The terrorists are threatening to blow up the plane.
    恐怖分子扬言要炸毁飞机。
20. She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
    她以公开他们的私情要挟他很多年。
21. My employer countered my request for more money by threatening to dismiss me.
    老板威胁要解雇我，回绝了我加薪的请求。
22. The guard growled out a warning, threatening the prisoners with his gun.
    看守吼了一声警告，并用枪威胁囚犯们。
23. Are you threatening me?
    你是在威胁我吗？
24. Preventing military forces from threatening or harming other countries 'security and stability;
    军事力量不得威胁或损害他国的安全与稳定；
25. Do you keep all the threatening letters?
    你把所有的恐吓信都收起来了吗？
26. We could not grow, it was said, without threatening economic stability much less grow and distribute wealth.
    有人说，我们不可能在不威胁到经济稳定的情况下实现增长，更别提增长和财富分配的美梦了。
27. A threat or the act of threatening.
    一个威胁或一种威胁的行为。
28. It warns that this is threatening marine life and livelihoods linked to fisheries and tourism.
    它警告说，这正在威胁着海洋生物以及渔业和旅游业的生计。
29. He's been threatening me for months.
    他威胁我好几个月了。

adj

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
   1. a baleful look
   2. forbidding thunderclouds
   3. his tone became menacing
   4. ominous rumblings of discontent
   5. sinister storm clouds
   6. a sinister smile
   7. his threatening behavior
   8. ugly black clouds
   9. the situation became ugly

   Synonym:    balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatoryominoussinister

2. darkened by clouds
   1. a heavy sky

   Synonym:    heavyloweringsullen