threat

menace, danger

Personne ou chose qui peut faire du mal ou provoquer de graves problèmes.

En anglais simple : Someone or something that could hurt people or cause serious problems.

• The loose wire is a threat to safety.
• Pollution poses a serious threat to wildlife.
• Are these insects a threat to our crops?

Comment l'utiliser : a threat to someone/something (This disease is a threat to young trees.)

Synonymes : danger, hazard

Expressions courantes : pose a threat, serious threat, security threat

menace

Paroles annonçant qu'on fera du mal à quelqu'un, souvent pour le forcer à agir.

En anglais simple : Words saying you will hurt someone or cause trouble, often to make them do something.

• He made a threat against me.
• She received threats after speaking publicly.
• His threat to leave made them reconsider.

Comment l'utiliser : a threat to do something (His threat to quit worried his manager.)

Expressions courantes : make a threat, death threat, empty threat, violent threat

menace, risque

Signe ou possibilité qu'une chose nuisible se produise bientôt.

En anglais simple : A sign or possibility that something harmful may happen soon.

• The threat of rain kept us indoors.
• There was no immediate threat of violence.
• They closed the school because of a bomb threat.

Comment l'utiliser : the threat of something (The threat of flooding forced us to leave.)

Synonymes : risk, danger

Expressions courantes : threat of rain, immediate threat, looming threat