🇬🇧🇨🇳 menace - 威胁 : English Lesson

Meaning of "menace" ("威胁"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A menace is something or someone that seems dangerous and likely to cause harm, or at least a lot of trouble. It doesn’t always have to be evil; it can also be a naughty person, animal, or thing that keeps causing problems, like a pesky squirrel stealing all the bird food or a kid who won’t stop flinging peas at dinner.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The cupcake was a menace to my diet, staring at me with extra sprinkles.

The alarm clock is a morning menace that attacks my dreams at exactly 6:30.

The mud puddle was a silent menace waiting for my brand-new shoes to walk by.

The storm cloud looked like a fluffy menace drifting quietly toward our picnic.

My baby cousin is a crawling menace to neatly stacked blocks everywhere.

The dog was a menace in the lane. Every child feared the menace that snarled at games and stole lunches. One afternoon the menace chased a cat and cornered a boy. The boy's calm neighbor placed a bowl and soft blanket; the menace ate, slept, and ceased being a menace. The town sighed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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