THREATENthreatening to hurt someone or something 威胁性的，恐吓性的
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minatory• But the minatory eyes weren't fixed on this latest scientific wonder; they were fixed on Brenda.• It was of a piece with the neglected timber, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.
Originminatory
(1500-1600)Late Latinminatorius, from Latinminari“to threaten”