Threatening

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Threaten

(-) a. & n. from Threaten, v.

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• Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• As Mr. Bumble said this, he put on a grim and threatening look, and added, in a low voice, 'Mind what I told you, you young rascal! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The long-threatening storm is sure to break at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There'll shortly be an end of YOU,' said Wegg, threatening it with the hat-box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The whole garrison turned out under arms and assumed a threatening attitude--yet still we did not fear. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• At this hour and by this light it changes into threatening hands raised up and menacing the handsome face with every breath that stirs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Farther west also the troubles were threatening. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Twice they actually marched right out of Rome, threatening to make a new city higher up the Tiber, and twice this threat proved conclusive. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Plague came, threatening to destroy at once the aim of the ambitious and the hopes of love. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This last manifestation as by far the most alarming, by reason of its threatening his prolonged stay on the premises, necessitated vigorous measures. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Might not the acidity, bitte rness, defective flavor, which were threatening the foreign sale of French wines, be owing to ferments? 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The shadow attendant on Madame Defarge and her party seemed then to fall, threatening and dark, on both the mother and the child. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Mobile was important to the enemy, and in the absence of a threatening force was guarded by little else than artillery. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He sat himself down with a threatening swagger, and said: 'Give me a bottle of wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Still, said Darnay, you know how gloomy and threatening the sky is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Raffles on his side had not the same eagerness for a collision which was implied in Ladislaw's threatening air. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This is the third time of your hinting and threatening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• At the same time, I suspect him of merely attempting to frighten you, by threatening what he cannot really do. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But it always came back to him when alone, and seemed to grow more threatening with years. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The prospect before her now, was threatening to a degree that could not be entirely dispelledthat might not be even partially brightened. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• As the whispers became louder, which they did from that time every minute, they became more threatening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• With passionate exclamation, as if some torture screw were threatening him, he started up and said, It is impossible! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Meanwhile the Persian fleet was on his right flank and between him and Greece, threatening much but accomplishing nothing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Boxers became more and more threatening to the Europeans in China. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She put two fingers between the leaves, closed the book upon them, and held it up to her son in a threatening way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Well, I reckon, was the reply of the other, as he dodged, with some alarm, the threatening honor. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Then Sheridan leaving with two divisions of cavalry, looked indeed threatening, both to Lee's communications and supplies. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And then Peter is described as argumenting in a threatening and angrily condition at Judas Iscariot. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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