terrify

英 [ˈterɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈterɪfaɪ]

v.  使恐惧; 使十分害怕; 使惊吓

过去分词：terrified　现在分词：terrifying　过去式：terrified　第三人称单数：terrifies　

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Collins.2 / BNC.8606 / COCA.5828

牛津词典

verb

• 使恐惧；使十分害怕；使惊吓
  to make sb feel extremely frightened
  1. Flying terrifies her.
     她害怕坐飞机。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 吓坏;使极度恐慌;使非常害怕
  If somethingterrifiesyou, it makes you feel extremely frightened.
  1. Flying terrifies him...
     坐飞机让他害怕得要命。
  2. The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me.
     缓慢而痛苦地死去的想法使我恐惧不已。

Take care not to confuseterrifiedandterrifying.
注意不要混淆 terrified 和 terrifying。

英英释义

verb

• fill with terror
  Synonym:terrorizeterrorise

双语例句

• Low-flying aircraft terrify wild animals.
  低飞的飞行器令野生动物惊恐。
• Flying terrifies him
  坐飞机让他害怕得要命。
• Alec d'Urberville had evidently thought better of his freak to terrify her by an ambush of that kind.
  显然阿历克德贝维尔已经完全想到了他的怪诞行为，如果他用那种埋伏的把戏，肯定要把苔丝吓坏的。
• They eliminate targets and they terrify terrorists.
  既可以除掉目标又可以打击到恐怖分子。
• Don't worry. I won't let him terrify me.
  别担心。我不会让他吓到我的。
• It would terrify me to think I knew nothing other than my major and my job.
  他说，一想到自己除了本专业和工作上的事，其他一无所知，我就觉得很可怕。
• He always do that to terrify people.
  他常常这样子吓唬人。
• 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？
• Recent additions to the battlefield include tiny "insects" that perform reconnaissance missions and giant "dogs" to terrify foes.
  最近增加到战场的包括执行侦察任务的小“昆虫”和吓唬敌人的大“狗”。
• The valley of Elah is where the Philistines sent out their Goliath to terrify the Israelites, and where young David felled the giant with his trusty slingshot.
  以拉谷地是古腓力斯国派出他们的英雄歌力亚恐吓以色列人的地方，在这里，年轻的大卫王用自己可靠的弹弓击倒了巨人歌力亚。