Pyongyang goes on to say what it calls "the reckless military provocations" threaten to prompt a naval clash.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

I was one of those kids, and I remember rather vividly walking through the hall way of my high school having people split me, call me names, threaten to beat me up.

我还清楚地记得有这么一个孩子,穿过我所在的高中的大厅,让周围的人朝我吐痰，骂脏话，威胁着要把我狠狠打一顿。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

It entails separation of an object to that which sanctifies it, which is God; and it involves separation from, in the form of safeguards against, anything that would threaten to remove its sanctity.

它导致了物体和使它纯洁的上帝之间的不同，这也包含着，以预防的形式，物体和会威胁它失去神性的物体之间的区别。

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Mr.Obama,due to chaira special U.N.Security Council session Wednesday on nuclear disarmament, said nuclear actions by Iran and North Korea threaten to take the world down a "dangerous slope" toward uncontrolled proliferation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

They will only put it out if it's a fire in the home of a subscriber or if it starts to spread and to threaten the home of a subscriber.

他们只扑灭发生在会员家里的火灾,或者是即将蔓延到他们会员家里的火灾。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

With no natural predator in the water, and almost no domestic market to sell them as food, Asian Carp threaten to expand into waterways through the city of Chicago, and into Lake Michigan, about 320 kilometers northwest of Havana.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

So not only is there evolutionary pressure for me to lie to you, for me to persuade you for instance, that if we're going to have a conflict- if you are threatening me " "Don't threaten me, I am not the sort of man you could screw around with" But there's evolutionary pressure for you to look and say, "No. You are the sort of man you could screw around with.

因此，不仅存在着要求我对你说谎,的进化压力，比如，如果我们之间存有冲突-,当你威胁我时,我会说“别吓唬我，我可不是吃素“,而且还存在着要求你辨别谎言的进化压力,你会说，“不，你肯定不行。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The visit by Secretary of State Clinton to Iraq comes on the heels of a wave of bloody suicide-bombings which threaten to destabilize the country, just weeks before U.S.troops are set to withdraw from major Iraqi cities.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Scholars have always been quick to point out that in both cases, This ark, this tevah, is in the words of one scholar "The instrument of salvation through perilous waters" waters that threaten to capsize it, and so blot out God's hopes and plans for his creatures.

学者们总是很快指出在这两个地方，这个方舟，tevah用一位学者的话说就是,“从恶水中获救的工具“,那些要倾覆它的水流，这也体现了上帝的希望和给创造物的安排。

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But intensive logging in this part of Finland has started to threaten the work and culture of this group.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Tim Whittman says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay their debts.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

And it would create a group to identify and regulate companies that are so big, their failure could threaten the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Through this program, different government agencies try to identify visa applicants who could threaten national security.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

One goal is to increase supervision of big companies whose failure could threaten the financial system.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Senators can threaten a bill with unlimited debate unless sixty senators vote to prevent it.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

And armed conflict continues to threaten the lives of millions.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

The FBI says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay off their debts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

He says he wants to ensure that the failure of a single, large financial firm would not threaten the entire economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

It has threatened war if Japan follows through on its vow to shoot down the rocket if it appears to threaten Japanese territory.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Ethiopia has recently attempted to assure oil companies the ONLF no longer has the ability to threaten exploration and production in the Ogaden region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Advocates for public defenders say continued cuts may threaten the programs needed to provide justice for those accused of crimes and for the victims of crime.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"The Brazilian government is gravely concerned that the same people who perpetrated the coup d'etat might threaten the inviolability of the embassy to forcibly arrest President Zelaya,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

He said the United States will "take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that it can't threaten the safety and security of other countries with impunity."

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The president says the bill will subject large and small banks to tougher oversight, and prevent banks from taking so much risk they could collapse and threaten the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

They threaten the common security of all nations. A nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists is a danger to people everywhere, from Moscow to New York to South Asia."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

"So the fact that the UAE is pressuring RIM to essentially create a back door around its encryption, may actually threaten the reputation of BlackBerry as the most secure smartphone platform."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Mr.Netanyahu's base of support is among Israelis who fear that an independent Palestinian state might fall to radical Islamist rule and threaten the Jewish State - much like has happened in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

"We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06