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The church has been threatened with demolition for years.

这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张的城市就业机会。

Commercial exploitation of resources threatens our survival.

开发自然资源作商业用途威胁我们的生活。

They threatened to baton him to death.

他们声言要揍死他。

The whole country is threatened with starvation.

整个国家都受到饥饿的威胁。

Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations.

英国威胁中止外交关系。

The threatening strike did not take place after all.

可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion.

这个国家正准抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。

The pressure towards uniformity constantly threatens to erode local traditions.

一体化的压力一直威胁着地方传统。

Many writers, threatened with imprisonment, have defected to the West.

由于有被监禁的威胁, 许多作家投向了西方国家。

Most politicians get poison pen letters, sometimes threatening their lives.

多数政界人士都收到过匿名诽谤信，有些还威胁要杀害他们。

They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.

他们时而恳求, 时而威胁, 但这一切看来都没有用。

The banks are threatening to pull the plug on the project.

银行威胁说要停止这个计划。

The union threatened a slowdown if their demands were not met.

工会威胁说如果不答应他们的要求,他们就怠工。

At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented.

初她威胁要雇我, 但后来她态度软化了。

The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.

老师威胁着要把这无礼的小学生撵出教室。

They started putting the frighteners on the witness, sending him threatening letters.

他们开始威胁证人，给他寄恐吓信。

The case against the Rio employees threatened to seriously unmoor those ties.

而对力拓员工的诉有可能严重损害这种关系。

The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.

这种南美肉食动物的到来威胁到了当地物种的生存。

These saboteurs threatened to blow up the factory if their demands were not met.

怠工者们威胁说，他们的要求如果得不到满足，他们就要炸掉工厂。