menace

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, you mean that person or thing is likely to cause serious harm. 威脇
In my view, you are a menace to the public. 在我看來，你對公衆是一個威脇。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance. 煩人之人; 煩人之物[非正式]
You're a menace to my privacy, Kenton. 你是個侵犯我隱私的討厭的人，肯頓。
3. N-UNCOUNT Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you. 危險性; 威脇性
There is a pervading sense of menace. 有一種在蔓延的危險感。
4. V-T If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm. 威脇
They seem determined to menace the United States and its allies. 他們好像決心要威脇美國及其盟國。