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1 threat
• riski• vaara• uhkaus• uhka* * *Ɵret1) (a warning that one is going to hurt or punish someone: He will certainly carry out his threat to harm you.) uhkaus2) (a sign of something dangerous or unpleasant which may be, or is, about to happen: a threat of rain.) uhka3) (a source of danger: His presence is a threat to our plan/success.) uhka•- threaten -
2 threat of a fine
law• sakonuhka -
3 threat of attack
• hyökkäysuhka -
4 threat of compulsion
• pakonuhka -
5 threat of interruption
• keskeyttämisuhka -
6 threat of war
• sodanuhka -
7 strike threat
• lakkouhka• lakonuhka -
8 flourish
• torventoitotus• itää• heiluttaa• heilautus• elpyä• fanfaari• puhua kukkaskieltä• rehottaa• tehdä kiekuroita• kiekura• kiemura• menestyä• kukoistus• kukoistaa• korulause• koukero• korusana* * *1. verb1) (to be healthy; to grow well; to thrive: My plants are flourishing.) kukoistaa2) (to be successful or active: His business is flourishing.) kukoistaa3) (to hold or wave something as a show, threat etc: He flourished his sword.) heiluttaa2. noun1) (an ornamental stroke of the pen in writing: His writing was full of flourishes.) kiemura2) (an impressive, sweeping movement (with the hand or something held in it): He bowed and made a flourish with his hat.) heilautus3) (an ornamental passage of music: There was a flourish on the trumpets.) fanfaari• -
9 galvanise
1) (to cover (iron or steel) with a thin layer of zinc to prevent it rusting.) galvanoida2) ((with into) to cause or move (a person) to do something: The threat of losing their jobs galvanized the men into action.) saada toimimaan -
10 galvanize
• sinkittää• galvanoida* * *1) (to cover (iron or steel) with a thin layer of zinc to prevent it rusting.) galvanoida2) ((with into) to cause or move (a person) to do something: The threat of losing their jobs galvanized the men into action.) saada toimimaan -
11 in the nature of
• jonkin luonteinen* * *(having the qualities of: His words were in the nature of a threat.) tapainen -
12 menace
• uhata• uhka• vaara• uhkaus* * *'menəs 1. noun1) (something likely to cause injury, damage etc: Traffic is a menace on narrow roads.) uhka2) (a threat or show of hostility: His voice was full of menace.) uhkailu2. verb(to threaten: menaced by danger.) uhata- menacing- menacingly -
13 threaten
• painostaa• näyttää uhkaavalta• uhata• uhitella• uhkailla* * *verb (to make or be a threat (to): She threatened to kill herself; He threatened me with violence / with a gun; A storm is threatening.) uhata -
14 ultimatum
• uhkavaatimus• ultimaatumi* * *plural - ultimatums; noun(a final demand made by one person, nation etc to another, with a threat to stop peaceful discussion and declare war etc if the demand is ignored: An ultimatum has been issued to him to withdraw his troops from our territory.) uhkavaatimus -
15 veiled
• huntupäinen• hunnutettu• peitelty• peitetysti• latentti• piilevä* * *1) (wearing, or covered by, a veil: a veiled lady; The bride was veiled.) hunnutettu2) ((only slightly) disguised: a veiled threat.) peitelty
См. также в других словарях:
threat — W2S2 [θret] n [: Old English;] 1.) [U and C] a statement in which you tell someone that you will cause them harm or trouble if they do not do what you want ▪ Your threats don t scare me. threat of ▪ the threat of military invasion threat from ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
threat — [ θret ] noun *** 1. ) count an occasion when someone says that they will cause you harm or problems, especially if you do not do what they tell you to do: threat of: After threats of legal action they stopped the construction. make/issue a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
threat — n: an expression of an intention to injure another: menace (1) criminal laws against making terroristic threat s Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
threat´en|er — threat|en «THEHT uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make a threat against; say what will be done to hurt or punish: »to threaten a person with imprisonment. The farmer threatened to shoot any dog that killed one of his sheep. 2. Figurative. to give… … Useful english dictionary
threat|en — «THEHT uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make a threat against; say what will be done to hurt or punish: »to threaten a person with imprisonment. The farmer threatened to shoot any dog that killed one of his sheep. 2. Figurative. to give warning of… … Useful english dictionary
Threat — may refer to: *behaviour that emphasizes one s aggressive potential, see threat display *An act of coercion wherein a negative consequence is proposed to elicit response (in the case of an empty threat there is no real negative consequence).… … Wikipedia
threat — threat·en; threat·en·er; threat·en·ing·ly; threat·ful; threat; threat·ful·ly; … English syllables
Threat — Threat, v. t. & i. [OE. [thorn]reten, AS. [thorn]re[ a]tian. See {Threat}, n.] To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. [1913 Webster] Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
threat — [thret] n. [ME threte < OE threat, a throng, painful pressure, akin to Ger (ver)driessen, to grieve, annoy < IE * treud , to push, press (prob. < base * ter , to rub) > L trudere, to THRUST] 1. an expression of intention to hurt,… … English World dictionary
Threat — (thr[e^]t), n. [AS. [thorn]re[ a]t, akin to [=a][thorn]re[ o]tan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. [thorn]rj[=o]ta to fail, want, lack, Goth. us[thorn]riutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
threat — O.E. þreat crowd, troop, also oppression, menace, related to þreotan to trouble, weary, from P.Gmc. *threutanan (Cf. Ger. verdrießen to vex ), from PIE *trud push, press (Cf. L. trudere to press, thrust, O.C.S. trudu oppression, M.Ir … Etymology dictionary