“受到威胁的”常见的英文表达有 threatened 或 under threat 。具体使用哪种形式取决于句子结构和语境:
threatened:作为形容词,直接修饰名词,表示“受到威胁的”状态。例如:
The threatened species are facing extinction.(这些受到威胁的物种正面临灭绝。)
We must protect the threatened environment.(我们必须保护受到威胁的环境。)
under threat:作为介词短语,描述某物或某人处于“受到威胁”的状态,通常置于名词之后或作为句子的状语。例如:
The rainforest is under threat from logging.(雨林正受到伐木的威胁。)
Many endangered species are under threat of extinction.(许多濒危物种正面临灭绝的威胁。)