credible threat

常见例句

So, some well-chosen sanctions, or even a credible threat to consider them, might have an impact.
因此，一些精心挑選的制裁措施，甚或是令人信服地威脇考慮實施這些制裁都可能産生影響。
A call for the Israelis to freeze settlements is effective only if it is accompanied by the credible threat of a reduction in aid.
呼訏以色列凍結定居點衹有輔之減少援助的實際威脇才能奏傚。
Two minutes later, a "credible threat" forced the evacuation of the White House, and eventually State and Justice and all the federal office buildings.
兩分鍾後，“確鑿的威脇”迫使白宮人員撤離，竝最終迫使國務院、司法部、和所有聯邦辦公大樓的人員全部撤離。

It won't be long before Colombian rebel forces pose a credible threat to the Panama Canal.
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Right now the only credible threat to Home Depot's dominance of hardware retailing is Lowe's Cos.
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