menacing
menacing 英 [ˈmenəsɪŋ] 美 [ ˈmɛnɪsɪŋ]
adj. 威胁的；险恶的 v. 威胁（menace的ing形式）；恐吓
- Something that is menacing is threatening or suggestive of coming danger. If you’re backing away slowly from something, you can probably use the adjective menacing to describe it!
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- adj. 威胁的；险恶的
- v. 威胁（menace的ing形式）；恐吓
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1. If only I could recreate the menacing atmosphere of oppression ... but how?
如果我能营造那种威胁压抑的氛围就好了…可怎么营造呢？
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2. Who is to blame for the menacing deadlock and what can be done to overcome it?
谁该为这险恶的僵局负责？ 又能做些什么来克服现在的状况呢？
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3. Sir Thomas Picton's portrait hangs in a court room in Wales, sword in hand, as if menacing defendants or reminding them how lucky they are to live in times when the law is less savage than in his day.
托马斯·皮克顿爵士的肖像悬挂于威尔士一家法庭之中，利剑在手，好像在威胁着被告，或是在提醒被告，他们活在法律比起他的时代没有那么残酷的当下是多么幸运。
- menacing (adj.) 1540s, present-participle adjective from menace (v.). Related: Menacingly.
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