- 脅かす
- おどかす
おびやかす
to threaten
to coerce* * *Iおびやかす【脅かす】①[こわがらせる]〔おどす, 恐れさせる〕*threaten|他|〔…するぞと〕脅かす〔to do, that節〕*menace|他|《文》(人)を〔…で〕おどす〔with〕.②[危うくする]*threaten|他|〖S〗(危険などが)…に迫っている;(安全など)を脅かす.IIおどかす【脅かす, 威かす】⇒ おどす* * *Iおどかす【脅かす】〔おどす〕 threaten; menace; intimidate; browbeat; cow; 〔びっくりさせる〕 startle; frighten; scare; 《米》 throw a scare into sb.●殺すぞと脅かす threaten sb with death; threaten to kill sb
・武力をもって脅かす intimidate with military force; threaten to use military force
・暴力をふるうぞと脅かす threaten to use violence
・脅かして追い払う scare [frighten] sb away [off]
・脅かして従わせる[白状させる, 酒をやめさせる] frighten [scare, cow] sb into submission [confessing, giving up drinking].
●人を脅かしちゃいけない. You shouldn't scare people like that.
・死んだふりをして彼女を脅かしてやろう. I'm going to act [pretend I'm] dead and give her a scare.
II・その計画に 100 万円かかるって? 脅かすなよ. That project will cost a million yen you say? Don't scare me like that.
おびやかす【脅かす】〔不安にさせる〕 make sb uneasy [worried, anxious] 《about…》; 〔危うくする〕 threaten; endanger; jeopardize; put sth at risk.●世界の平和を脅かす threaten [jeopardize] world peace.
●大量破壊兵器が全世界を脅かしている. Weapons of mass destruction are a threat to the whole world.
・10 年前には零細企業だったわが社が今では大手を脅かすまでになった. Our company, which ten years ago was only a small business, is now big enough to make the big companies worried.
・大衆の支持を背景に彼は現政権を脅かすまでに力をつけてきた. He has become strong enough, thanks to the popular backing he enjoys, to put fear into the Prime Minister's camp.
・強い紫外線はわれわれの健康を脅かす. Strong ultraviolet rays threaten [endanger] our health.
・そのチームは優勝候補を大いに脅かすだろう. That team will give the strong teams a lot to worry about.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.