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单词 minatory
释义
minatory
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈmɪn.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːr.i/
expressingawarningor athreat:
威吓的；威吓性的
This minatoryapproachhasn'tscaredchildrenoff harddrugs.这种威胁性的方法并没有把孩子们吓得远离毒品。
More examples
  • Therumoursofplotshad beenrumblingformonths, but there was nosignof anattack, other than acoupleof minatoryarticlesinleft-wingmagazines.
  • The minatoryprophecieswhichannouncecalamitiesmay or may not befulfilled.
  • Shenoticedtheneglectedtimberof thehouse, theweedygraveland the minatorynoticeswhichguardedthebounds.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Threats & warnings
  • (just) you waitidiom
  • alarm bell
  • beware the ides of Marchidiom
  • brushback pitch
  • canary
  • canary in a coalmineidiom
  • caveat
  • communication cord
  • don't you dareidiom
  • false alarm
  • heads-up
  • slip
  • there's many a slip twixt cup and lipidiom
  • tip
  • tipsomeoneoff
  • trigger warning
  • ultimatum
  • wait
  • warning
  • yellow card
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(Definition ofminatoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminatory

minatory
It opens with aminatorystatement from the brass, countered by lyrical melodies in the woodwind (especially clarinets) and strings.
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I thought that towards the end of his speech he adopted a ratherminatoryattitude towards me, but that was probably for rhetorical purposes.
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I do not understand how it can be both empty andminatoryat the same time.
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No, he would not, because he wanted thisminatoryfinger to be pointed to the designated authority.
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The tenant being aminatoryperson may pay no particular attention to that.
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A one-sidedminatoryposture of that kind, whether to management or men—and it will be seen as such—will not work.
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It was a telegram of mostminatorycharacter.
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There is an imbalance between its aims, which are a mixture of the uncontroversial, the pious and the banal, and the means, which are mandatory,minatory, bureaucratic and often contradictory.
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The method he adopts to carry it through by voluntary means, however, is government byminatoryexhortation and that is not a good way of governing.
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Nevertheless, it was aminatorysentence.
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You might call itminatory.
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Despite the precise marksmanship, theminatoryprojectile fortunately failed to explode.
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The letter begins by way of preamble with a statement of the case and cause of writing and this is followed by certain instructions withoutminatoryclauses or other formul.
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