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

• Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
  伯13：21就是把你的手缩回、远离我身.又不使你的惊惶威吓我。
• This Lion will trample the Boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.
  狮子会用足底踩踏野猪，用张开的胃恐吓它。
• Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
  他的尊荣岂不叫你们惧怕吗？他的惊吓岂不临到你们吗？
• 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”。
• Don't worry. I won't let him terrify me.
  别担心。我不会让他吓到我的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fortunately for him, being a pop sensation gives you all the resources you need to stalk, threaten, and terrify a group of teen girls.
  不过对他来说幸运的是，作为一个流行歌手，比伯拥有一切所需要的资源来跟踪、威胁和恐吓那些姑娘们。
• The scum terrify honest citizens in freedom's name.
  那些人渣以自由的名义恐吓诚实的市民。
• 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。