scare tactic

They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.

我小的时候,他们用过这种吓唬人的办法.

Then, worried that Republicans would try to turn the surplus into tax cuts, Mr Clinton used the scare tactic of telling the nation to save Social Security first.

然后，由于担心共和党会试图将预算盈余转变成减税，克林顿利用了恐吓战术，他告诉国人首先要保全社会保障体系。

Immediately I felt that this was not good news, that this was not just a mere interrogation or scare tactic.

我马上感到这不是个好消息，这不仅仅是审讯或者恐吓的手段。

Li Hao, 34, is also accused of killing two of his victims and burying them in the room as a scare tactic.

现年34岁的李浩同时还被控杀害两名受害者并将其埋于该地下室，其原因竟是为“杀一儆百”。