threat
英検2級脅威・脅し
意味
- 脅し,脅迫
- (…の)(悪い)きざし,前兆《+of+名(doing)》
- (…にとって)危険な人(もの);不幸(災難)のもと《+to+名》
例文
I had to resort to threats to get my money back.
金を返してもらうために、ついに脅してやった。
Air pollution will be a threat to our survival.
大気汚染は我々の生存を脅かすものになるだろう。
Nuclear weapons are a threat to the human race.
核兵器は人類にとって脅威だ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”).