terrify

英['terɪfaɪ] 美['terɪfaɪ]
  • v. 使害怕;使恐怖;威胁
terrified terrified terrifying terrifies
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星级词汇:
    v. (动词)
    1. 恐吓 ,吓唬,威胁
    2. 使恐怖,使恐惧,使惊吓,使十分害怕,使...悚然,使人心惊肉跳
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 吓坏,吓破胆 fill with terror or fear

英英释义

Verb:
  1. fill with terror; frighten greatly

1. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处?

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2. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
他们在该地区的行动是精心谋划的,意在恐吓土地所有者放弃手中的地产。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Don't let the title of Kelly's book terrify you.
不要被凯利的著作的名称吓到.

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4. The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people!
恐怖份子的目的就是令大众感到恐慌!

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5. Now, it's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.
现在, 令我们感到最害怕的,是我们自己头脑中的想法.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Or will carelessness or corruption allow the theft of a nuclear device to terrify us all?
      会不会由于安全部门的疏忽或腐败,让恐怖分子得到核装置用来威胁民众?
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. You terrify me!
      你吓了我一跳。
    2. That sort of thing terrifies people.
      那种事令人恐怖。
    3. The thunder terrified the child.
      雷声把这个孩子吓坏了。
    4. The prospect of nuclear warfare terrifies the population.
      核战争的前景使人民感到恐怖。
    5. Low-flying aircrafts terrify the wild animals.
      低空飞行的飞机使野兽惊恐不安。
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    7. She was terrified of snakes.
      她怕蛇。
    8. The old lady was terrified of crossing the busy road.
      老太太害怕横穿行人车辆多的马路。
    9. The child was terrified at the noise.
      那小孩听到那响声吓坏了。
    10. The little girl was terrified by lightning.
      那小女孩被闪电吓坏了。
    11. You are a wonderful rider,I was terrified that you might be thrown.
      你确实是个了不起的骑手,我还怕你被摔下来呢。
v. (动词)
  1. terrify的基本意思是“吓坏”“吓破胆”,指某事的发生使某人感到或充满着恐惧,强调无法自控的心理状态。
  2. terrify是及物动词,接名词、代词或that从句作宾语,可用于被动结构。
  3. terrify的过去分词terrified可用作形容词,在句中作表语。
alarm,frighten,startle,terrify,scare,intimidate
  • 这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。
  • alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。
  • frighten普通用词,使用广泛,指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。
  • startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。
  • terrify语气最强,指惊骇得六神无主,魂飞魄散。
  • scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用,但语气较重,侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。
  • intimidate特指恐吓某人,迫使其做某事。
  • 用作动词 (v.)
    terrify into (v.+prep.)
      恐吓(…)使之 persuade (sb) through great fear into (doing sth)
      terrify sb into sth/v-ing

      He terrified the boy into telling a lie.

      他胁迫那小男孩撒谎。

      They terrified the boy into not telling what he had seen.

      他们恐吓那孩子使其不把所看到的情况说出来。

      The enemy terrified him into making a compromise.

      敌人威逼他作出让步。

      He was terrified into compliance.

      他被吓唬得屈服了。

    terrify out of (v.+adv.+prep.)
      吓得某人魂不附体 make sb greatly afraid
      terrify sb out of sth

      You terrified me out of my wits, threatening to kill yourself!

      你威胁说要自杀,我吓得都没魂了。

      I was terrified out of my mind, giving my first public performance.

      我第一次公开演出时,吓得要命。

    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+副词 ~+介词