今天分享新概念英语班词汇是threat。下面我们来了解一下这词具体用法。

A prominent Russian opposition politician has published adetailed report arguing that the leader of Chechnya RamzanKadyrov has become a national security threat and should be removed. Ilya Yashin said Mr. Kadyrov who was appointed byPresident Putin has created his own Islamic State that mayone day turn on Russia. “The main task of my report is to draw the attention of Russian societyto what's happening and to demand the immediate resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov as Chechenleader. Vladimir Putin has placed a time bomb in the North Caucasus that could explode andturn into a third Chechen war.” The Chechen leader has dismissed the report.

来看文章中出现的小词threat，与national security搭配在一起构成了national security threat-国家安全威胁词组，常用于许多与恐怖袭击有关的新闻里，threat的动词threaten在我们新二里出现过，来看一下课文原句重现，

Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction,for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well

文章中的threaten作动词来用解释为威胁的意思，常用结构为threaten A with B，用B来威胁A。

如：He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife.

此外它还可以表示预示的含义，可以是预示（危害）也可以是预示事情的发生。常用结构为threaten to do

如：The clouds threaten rain.云预示有雨.

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。

看过对threaten的分析之后，是不是对threaten的了解又更深一层了呢，你所不知道的新概念我们下次再见。

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