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    frighten 的英语意思

    frightenfrighten /ˈfraɪtn/ verb [transitive] 查看全部语言翻译 to make someone feel afraid使某人感到害怕 SYN  scare:  Don’t stand so near the edge! You’re frightening me.别站得离边缘那么近!你把我吓坏了。 She was frightened by the anger in his eyes.他眼中的怒火令她感到害怕。 Computers used to frighten me, but not now.电脑以前让我很害怕,但现在不了。frighten somebody to death/frighten the life out of somebody (=make someone feel extremely afraid)(=使某人极度害怕) He drove at a speed which frightened Lara to death.他开车的速度把拉拉吓得半死。THESAURUS同义词辨析frighten to make someone feel afraid使某人感到害怕: · The thought of being in court frightened him.· 想到要出庭,他就感到害怕。scare especially spoken尤用于口语 to frighten someone. Scare is less formal than frighten, and is the usual word to use in everyday English使某人害怕。scare 比 frighten 更非正式,是日常英语中的惯用词。: · He was driving fast just to scare us.· 他开那么快只是为了吓唬我们。· It scared him to think that his mother might never recover.· 一想到母亲可能再也康复不了,他就感到害怕。terrify to make someone feel extremely frightened使某人极度恐惧: · The idea of going down into the caves terrified her.· 进入洞穴的念头让她极为恐惧。· Robbers terrified bank staff by threatening them at gunpoint.· 劫匪用枪威胁银行员工,令其极度恐惧。give somebody a fright to make someone suddenly feel frightened in a way that makes their heart beat more quickly使某人突然受惊,令其心跳加速: · It gave me a terrible fright when I found him unconscious on the floor.· 当我发现他昏倒在地板上时,我吓了一大跳。give somebody the creeps if a person or place gives you the creeps, they make you feel slightly frightened because they are strange如果某人或某地让你毛骨悚然,是指因其奇异而使你感到隐隐害怕: · This house gives me the creeps.· 这栋房子让我毛骨悚然。startle to frighten someone. Used when you suddenly see someone and did not know they were there, or when you suddenly hear something使某人受惊。用于突然看到某人却不知其在场,或突然听到某事时。: · I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you.· 对不起,我不是故意吓你的。· The noise startled him, and he dropped his glass on the floor.· 那声响吓了他一跳,他把杯子掉在了地板上。alarm to make someone feel frightened and worried that something bad might happen使某人感到惊恐并担忧可能发生不好的事情: · I didn’t want to alarm her by calling in the middle of the night.· 我不想深夜打电话让她担惊受怕。intimidate to deliberately frighten someone, especially so that they will do what you want故意恐吓某人,尤指使其就范: · Many of the gangs were using dogs to intimidate people.· 许多帮派用狗来恐吓人。frighten somebody ↔ away phrasal verb to make a person or animal go away by making them feel afraid通过使人或动物感到害怕来将其赶走:  Terrorist activity in the area has frightened most tourists away.该地区的恐怖活动已把大多数游客吓跑了。frighten somebody into something phrasal verb to force someone to do something by making them afraid通过使某人害怕来迫使其做某事frighten somebody into doing something He frightened me into staying silent.他把我吓得不敢出声。frighten somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb to make a person or animal so nervous or afraid that they go away or do not do something they were going to do使人或动物因紧张或害怕而离开,或不敢做原本打算做的事:  The investors were frightened off by the company’s low profits that year.投资者被该公司当年的低利润吓退了。