amenaza
threat ; menace.
The 'threat' is less tangible when viewed from the standpoint of providers and consumers of such courses.
Fears in the late 1960s about the menace of pollution led to the creation of programmes on environmental protection.
amenaza asimétrica
asymmetric threat
Put simply, asymmetric threats are a version of not 'fighting fair,' which can include the use of surprise and weapons in ways unplanned by a nation.
amenaza comunista, la [Sentimiento anticomunista que el senador americano McCarthy alentó en los años cincuenta en los Estados Unidos Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
red scare, the
red menace, the
Although the red scare is popularly associated with the activities of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the anti-communist hysteria of the 50s went far beyond McCarthy and Washington D.C.
Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.
amenaza de bomba
bomb threat
bomb scare
Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
Police confirmed late last night that bomb scares had forced the closure of 13 police stations across the island.
amenaza de guerra
threat of war
The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
amenaza de tormenta
gathering storm
'The Gathering Storm' is a beautifully composed and photographed production concentrating on the years in the 1930s when Churchill's career hit rock-bottom.
amenaza ficticia
bogeyman [bogeymen]
bogey [bogie]
The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
amenaza militar
military threat
In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
amenaza nuclear
nuclear threat
The article 'Myths and alibis' suggests that the enormity of the nuclear threat is now sufficient to prompt Western librarians to acknowledge the political and moral dimensions of their work.
amenaza terrorista
terror threat
Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
bajo amenaza
under threat
Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.
estado de amnaza terrorista
terror alert
Efforts to train thousands of federal agents to protect commercial flights during heightened terror alerts have been abandoned.
haber amenaza de lluvia
clouds + look + menacing
sky + look + menacing
The clouds look menacing and last night's heavy downpour makes me hesitant about attending the outdoor event.
The sky looks menacing, as it gets ready to dump another layer of snow to blanket the ground.
hacer frente a una amenaza
address + threat
This paper has described several endeavours which illustrate how we can address the threats from technological discontinuities.
¿incentivos o amenazas?
the carrot vs. the stick
The article is entitled 'The carrot vs. the stick: can copyright be used to enhance access to cultural knowledge resources in the networked environment?'.
incentivos y amenazas
carrots and sticks
The article is entitled 'TI: Carrots and sticks, profits and risks'.
insultos y amenazas racistas [Normalmente dirigidos a miembros de otra etnia, país o clase social]
hate speech
This article deals with the regulation of hate speech on college campuses and the Library Bill of Rights.
lanzar amenazas
rattle + Posesivo + saber
President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.
libre de la amenaza de
unthreatened (by)
Capitalism in the US & GB is steaming ahead at a rapid pace relatively unthreatened by other economies of the world.
presentar una amenaza
pose + threat
Some would speculate that optical publishing poses a threat to online information retrieval.
romper con una amenaza
slay + dragon
This article discusses how librarians can slay these dragons by backing their arguments for more resources for youth through carefully collected data.
sin la amenaza de
unthreatened (by)
Capitalism in the US & GB is steaming ahead at a rapid pace relatively unthreatened by other economies of the world.
