21-05-12 虚张声势，汉语成语，形容假装出强大的气势。指假造声势，借以吓人。可以翻译为play on a bluff，show some fictitious courage。 例句： 那不过是虚张声势而已。 Its merely a bluff. 虚张声势的威胁 Empty threat 虚张声势的谈话 Bluff talk...

16-05-04 Wallet threat is the reluctant act of pulling ones wallet out as a sign of willingness to pay for a meal that was assumed to be a treat. Normally, this threat would be immediately cleared when the people who offered the treat in the first place paid...

14-09-29 President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria. 美国总统奥巴马承认，美国各安全机构低估了叙利亚伊斯兰教暴动所产生的威胁。 In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had...

13-07-27 Consumers set high prices when selling their possessions because they feel threatened, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. When consumers consider selling a product they own, they feel threatened by the impending（即将发生...

10-10-20 The United States and many other heavily populated countries face a growing threat of severe and prolonged（延长的，拖延的） drought in coming decades, according to results of a new study by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist...

10-01-12 Leading Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi has said he remains defiant despite threats, and that he and his family are prepared for any disaster. 伊朗反对派领袖人物卡洛比称，面对威胁毫无畏惧，他与他的家人已经做好发生任何灾难的准备。 Mehdi Karr...

09-08-20 People who owe billions of dollars to troubled Nigerian banks have been told they have five days to pay the money, or face arrest. 欠款尼日利亚银行数十亿的人被告知他们有五天的还款期限，否则就面临逮捕。 Governor Sanusi has pledged to clean up the fin...

09-08-19 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sought to calm fears in Latin America about a planned new military agreement with Colombia. 美国国务卿希拉里克林顿就美国与哥伦比亚计划的一项军事协议提醒拉美国家不必担忧。 Mrs Clinton said the US was not seek...