menace
menace
意味(日本語)
おどす、脅す、脅迫する ◇L.minax(=絶壁の、脅迫的な)
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
意味(英語)
- (noun) A possible danger; a threat: the menace of nuclear war.
- (noun) The act of threatening.
- (noun) A troublesome or annoying person: a toddler who was a menace in a shop full of crystal.
- (verb-transitive) To utter threats against.
- (verb-transitive) To constitute a threat to; endanger.
例文
- Similar warnings are being issued across the country as Republican presidential candidates, elected officials and activists mobilize against what they describe as the menace of Islamic law in the United States.
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amenable
amenable
(忠告などに)従順な、すなおな、法的に義務のある
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
commination
commination
威嚇、脅迫、おどし
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
comminatory
comminatory
威嚇の、神罰を宣する
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
demean oneself
demean oneself
品位(身分)を落とす
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
demean
demean
品の悪い、身をおとしめる
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
demeanor
demeanor
(身の)運び方、態度、ふるまい ◇L.demeanの名詞形
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
menacing
menacing
おどすような、突き出るような ◇L.minari(=突き出る、おどす)
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)
minatory
minatory
脅迫的な、おどかしの
語源
- min-, minat- : L.minor=to threaten(おどす)