🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

威胁

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wēixié

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
menace/ˈmɛnɪs/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"网络安全是一个日益严重的威胁。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.

    "He is regarded as a menace to society."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French menace, from Late Latin minacia, from Latin minari 'threaten', from minae 'threats'.

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