Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense menaces, present participle menacing, past tense, past participle menaced
1N-COUNT [usually singular]威胁;危险人物;祸害 If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, you mean that person or thing is likely to cause serious harm. 威胁;危险人物;祸害
2N-COUNT [usually singular]惹麻烦的人(或物);惹人讨厌的人(或物) You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance. 惹麻烦的人(或物);惹人讨厌的人(或物) [informal]
You're a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy. [+ to]
肯沃西,你这人真讨厌,居然侵犯我的隐私。
As I have said earlier in this book, bad shoes are a menace.
正如我在本书前面说过的那样,劣质的鞋子会很麻烦。
3N-UNCOUNT 威胁性;危险气氛Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you. 威胁性;危险气氛
6PHRASE [usually PHRASE after verb]以威胁(或恐吓)的手段(索要钱财) If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money. 以威胁(或恐吓)的手段(索要钱财) [British, law]