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threatened + noun
The giant panda is a threatened species.
大熊猫是一种受威胁的物种。
感到不安的；感到受威胁的
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感到不安的；感到受威胁的
feeling insecure or vulnerable
The giant panda is a threatened species.
大熊猫是一种受威胁的物种。
感到不安全或脆弱的。
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
After the argument, she felt threatened and didn't want to be alone.
争吵之后，她感到不安，不想一个人待着。
He looked threatened when the stranger stepped closer.
当那个陌生人走近时，他看上去感到不安。
I feel threatened whenever I walk through that dark alley at night.
晚上走过那条黑暗的小巷时，我总是感到不安。
The giant panda is a threatened species.
大熊猫是一种受威胁的物种。
Many animal species are now threatened.
许多动物物种现在受到威胁。
此结构也可用于被动语态，但这里作形容词使用。
The forest is threatened by illegal logging.
森林受到非法砍伐的威胁。
Not this
The storm is very threatened.
Use this
The storm is very threatening.
混淆了形容词threatened（受到威胁的）和threatening（具有威胁性的）。threatened表示自身处在危险中，而threatening表示对他人或环境构成威胁。这里要表达的是风暴具有危险性，应用threatening。
Not this
I feel threatened to the new policy.
Use this
I feel threatened by the new policy.
介词使用错误。形容词threatened后常接介词by引出威胁的来源，而非to。中文的'对……感到威胁'容易误用to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
受威胁物种
Many threatened species are protected by law.
许多受威胁物种受法律保护。
受威胁的栖息地
The destruction of forests threatens the habitat of many species.
森林破坏威胁着许多物种的栖息地。
濒临灭绝
The giant panda is threatened with extinction.
大熊猫濒临灭绝。
受到……的威胁
The coastline is threatened by rising sea levels.
海岸线受到海平面上升的威胁。
扬言要起诉
He threatened a lawsuit if the contract was broken.
他扬言如果合同被破坏就要起诉。
感到受威胁
She felt threatened by the aggressive behavior.
她感到受到攻击性行为的威胁。
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threatened 音似“踹疼的”，想象被踹疼了，受到威胁。
语域：neutral 常见场景：生态与物种保护、社会与经济威胁 通常用于正式或书面语境，强调某种事物或群体处于危险或可能濒危的状态。
Words ending in '-ened' (like 'opened', 'happened', etc.) are pronounced with the same unstressed /ənd/ sound as 'threatened'. However, note that 'threaten' (verb) ends with '-en' and is pronounced /ˈθretən/, so it is a lookalike that does not rhyme.
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