1.
Optimists go into situations with more confidence, so events seem less threatening and stressful.
乐观主义者具有更强的自信心，所以事情在他看来较少具有威胁和压力。
2.
put down by force or intimidation.
用武力或威胁着镇压。
3.
He was tired of the too many pressures on him, of the death threats he received, of the too many journalists.
他已经疲倦了应付过多的压力，死亡的威胁和众多的记者。
4.
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。
5.
gender-based acts and threats of violence
针对性别的行为和暴力威胁
6.
1. Pressure tactics: from making demands to using threats and intimidation2.
1. 施压策略：从下指令到使用威胁和恐吓。
7.
During this period of adversity, employers are constrained by thinner margins, whilst employees have to face the prospect of pay adjustments or redundancy.
我了解在这段时期，雇主要为生意减少，面对沉重的压力，雇员更要面对减薪和裁员的威胁。
8.
Social pressures, such as ridicule or misunderstanding from peers, can damage self-esteem and threaten a marriage.
来自社会的压力，譬如同辈的嘲讽或误解，是会伤及自尊和威胁到婚姻的。
9.
Hold up sthbrob sth using the threat of force or violence
以武力或暴力威胁抢劫
10.
resort to force or the threat of force
诉诸武力或武力威胁
11.
No future peace can be maintained if . . . armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers (Atlantic Charter).
假如…各国继续使用武力威胁或可能威胁进攻疆界之外的武力话，和平就不会存在（大西洋宪章）。
12.
There is only one threat to peace, and one threat to freedom which is presented by the international Communist movement.
只有一种势力在威胁着和平，威胁着自由，国际共产主义运动就是这种势力的代表。
13.
captured at the point of a sword
在武力威胁下被捕.
14.
rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
15.
coerce by violence or with threats.
通过暴力或威胁来强制。
16.
What follows is a description of the most serious threats, and what we might do, individually and collectively, to counter them.
接下来描绘的是最严重的威胁，和我们可能独自和合力对抗威胁的情形。
17.
To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation;compel.
强制通过采用压力、威胁或恐吓强制按某种方法行动或思考；强迫
18.
People's lives came to a grinding halt when power lines crumpled under the weight of the ice.
电力线路在冰冻的重压下瘫痪了，人们的生命受到严重威胁。