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N-COUNT
威脅;危險人物;禍害
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.
例句
In my view you are a menace to the public.
在我看來，你對公眾是個禍害。
...the menace of fascism...
法西斯主義的威脅
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惹麻煩的人(或物);惹人討厭的人(或物)
You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance.
例句
You're a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy...
肯沃西，你這人真討厭，居然侵犯我的隱私。
As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.
正如我在本書前面說過的那樣，劣質的鞋子會很麻煩。
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N-UNCOUNT
威脅性;危險氣氛
Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you.
例句
There is a pervading sense of menace.
有一種危機四伏的感覺。
...a voice full of menace.
充滿威脅的聲音
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VERB
危及;威脅
If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm.
例句
The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.
歐洲國家仍具有威脅英國自身安全的潛在能力。
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VERB
威脅;恐嚇
If you are menaced by someone, they threaten to harm you.
例句
She's being menaced by her sister's latest boyfriend.
她正受到姐姐最近一個男友的恐嚇。
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PHRASE
以威脅（或恐嚇）的手段（索要錢財）
If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
例句
He denies demanding money with menaces.
他否認有過勒索錢財的行為。