The church has been threatened with demolition for years.

这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张的城市就业机会。

They threatened to baton him to death.

他们声言要揍死他。

Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.

英国威胁中止外交关系。

The whole country is threatened with starvation.

整个国家都受到饥饿的威胁。

The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion.

这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。

Many writers, threatened with imprisonment, have defected to the West.

由于有被监禁的威胁, 许多作家投向了西方国家。

They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.

他们时而恳求, 时而威胁, 但这一切看来都没有用。

The union threatened a slowdown if their demands were not met.

工会威胁说如果不答应他们的要求,他们就怠工。

At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented.

起初她威胁要解雇我, 但后来她态度软化了。

The case against the Rio employees threatened to seriously unmoor those ties.

而对力拓员工的起诉有可能严重损害这种关系。

The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.

老师威胁着要把这无礼的小学生撵出教室。

The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.

这种南美肉食动物的到来威胁到了当地物种的生存。

These saboteurs threatened to blow up the factory if their demands were not met.

怠工者们威胁说，他们的要求如果得不到满足，他们就要炸掉工厂。

In the swift the day before that year’s wheat harvest,a rainstorm threatened.

在那一年麦收的前一天,一场暴雨眼看就要来临。

A gang of scamps threatened us.

一帮流氓恐吓我们。

They fabricated evidence and threatened witnesses.

他们伪造证据并威胁目击者。

They threatened to discontinue buying it.

他们威胁说要终止这桩买卖。

The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released.

帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。

Southerners restain threatened to leave the Ujjain at least Union unless southern rights were pretectedprotected.

而南方人则以从国家中独立相要挟，除非继续保留南方人的特权。