threatening

动词 threaten:

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to
   同义词：endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
2. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
   同义词：threaten
3. to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
   同义词：threaten

形容词 threatening:

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
   同义词：baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister
2. darkened by clouds
   同义词：heavy, lowering, sullen

1. I pity you (ie I am threatening you) if you can't pay me the money by tomorrow.
   你明天不把钱还给我，我就不客气了。
2. The army is/are threatening to take over if civil unrest continues.
   军方声称如内乱不平息将实行军管。
3. My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week.
   我的房东要挟说要把每周租金提高10英镑。
4. The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal.
   经理企图以解雇来威胁，迫使职工更卖力气。
5. The terrorists are threatening to blow up the hijacked airliner.
   恐怖分子扬言要炸毁劫持的客机。
6. They are threatening to impose a blockade on the country.
   他们威胁说要对该国实行封锁。