But he says there must be a "clear timetable" for talks about protecting their security without threatening other people's security.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

The rebellious artist Milton and the rebellious astronomer Galileo are continually threatening to lapse into some sort of identity with Satan himself.

叛逆的艺术家弥尔顿，和同样叛逆的天文学家伽利略,不断的陷入某种对撒旦的确认的,危险之中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She says nothing after this encounter, remaining silent or speechless for the rest of the mask, but Milton clearly finds, I think, something threatening here.

在这次相遇中她什么都没说，在接下来中也保持着沉默寡言，可我认为弥尔顿在这里找到了一些威胁。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Warming temperatures are also threatening the many kinds of plants and animals that live in this mountain ecosystem.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

But,anyway,these police were wrestling to the ground these mayors who were protesting,using their tri-color sashes, threatening to strangle them with their own sashes of their authority.

回到正题,这些警察和抗议的市长们,在地上扭成一团,市长们用代表职权的三色旗饰带,威胁着要把警察扼死

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

If that proves true, it would help thousands of people who are seeking to prevent life-threatening conditions.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

Yes, we're more attracted to people who are competent than people who we think are incompetent but people who are super competent, people who seem competent on all dimensions, they're kind of threatening to us.

是的，我们更喜欢有能力的人,而非没能力的人,但是那些能力超群的人，那种全能型的人，又我们感到恐慌。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The expression "to bulldoze" also means to make someone helpless, usually by using power or threatening violence.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

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

Here are five problems, five wounds that are bleeding and threatening the life of the republic.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

And we hear about objects in space that are threatening satellites and the International Space Station.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused by years of smoking.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

As bad as those chemicals are, nicotine may be the most threatening of them all.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

However,sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

When the northeast sky turned black and threatening A storm was blowing over Iceland.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Three years ago, Mary Chapin Carpenter suffered a life-threatening blood clot in her lungs.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

But rising temperatures are threatening the grape harvest and wine industry in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

But the same animals acted uneasy after they heard Mister Tie's threatening music.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

The dispute grew more threatening after the war with Mexico in eighteen forty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Landon's supporters accused Roosevelt of destroying the nation's economic traditions and threatening democracy.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

By nineteen sixty-two, Marilyn's problems were threatening her work in the movies.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But while broken bones can be painful, they are generally not life-threatening.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The movie also shows how climate change is threatening this ecosystem.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

Today,many groups use the word to mean a life-threatening emergency.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

There was something threatening in the man's cool quiet voice.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

However,human activities are threatening the world's coral reefs.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Lupus can be life threatening if left untreated.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Lupus can be life-threatening if left untreated.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Wells described Martians as threatening.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

The ministry's chief director, Joseph Boamah, says government officials have seen no evidence that biofuel growth is threatening food production.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23