menaced
past simple and past participle ofmenace
| 单词 | menaced |
| 释义 | menaced past simple and past participle ofmenace menace verb[T] formaluk/ˈmen.ɪs/us/ˈmen.əs/If someone or something menaces apersonor thing, he, she, or itthreatensseriouslytoharmit: Hurricane Hugo menaced theeasterncoastfor aweek. Synonyms endanger imperilformal jeopardize threaten Dangers and threats
Examplesofmenacedmenaced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And the consequences of this operationmenaced, besides the dogmas of faith, the whole foundation of traditional knowledge. From theCambridge English Corpus The new historicists thusmenacedmuch that was held dear: the thrust for contextualization threatened to devalue the currency, turning sound into silence. From theCambridge English Corpus Trucks of the streets and sewers departments were used in moving the floodmenacedfamilies to various school houses located on higher grounds. From theCambridge English Corpus For thinkers in these modes, there is an intrinsic connection between the notion of a polity and the idea that it is made ormenacedby successions of particular events. From theCambridge English Corpus More than 200 firemen fought valiantly through the night as flames leaping 150 feetmenacedsome 25,000 tons of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our coastlines and beaches are, therefore, likely to bemenacedfor years to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day the gasworks is beingmenacedby subsidence, and additional expenditure will have to be made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the direct grant schools will not, in fact, bemenacedbut will be able to make their contribution without fear or favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These men had laboured long and earnestly to build up the prosperity of a small country that had nevermenacedanyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He encouraged firms to integrate, or perhaps one might say hemenacedthem into integrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout the region, economic reform needed to underpin democratic government wasmenacedby the terrible drought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no light matter that a trade like that should have beenmenacedby an administrative act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has said that we should build ships of equal power and equal numbers to those by which our security at sea may bemenaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1936, we were stillmenacedby the danger of foreign dumping in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is strange that, if they aremenacedby competition, wages are going up there, while ours are going down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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