frighten
英 ['fraɪt(ə)n]
美['fraɪtn]
- vt. 使惊吓；吓唬…
- vi. 害怕，惊恐
词态变化
第三人称单数: frightens;过去式: frightened;过去分词: frightened;现在分词: frightening;
英英释意
- 1. cause fear in;
- "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
- 2. drive out by frightening
英文词源
- frighten (v.)
- "strike with fear, terrify," 1660s, from fright (n.) + -en (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (v.).
同义词辨析
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：指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。
考试真题
- The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- Frightened victims can rarely make correct identification.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
- 对不起，我没有吓唬你的意思。
牛津词典
- She's not easily frightened.
- 她不是轻易能吓倒的。
牛津词典
- She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid) .
- 她不是轻易能吓倒的。
牛津词典
- He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off.
- 他用枪威胁闯入者，把他们吓跑了。
牛津词典
- The high prices have frightened off many customers.
- 高价使许多顾客却步。
牛津词典
- Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off...
- 建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房，这吓退了很多买家。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
- 政府确信炸弹袭击者的目的是想吓跑外国投资者。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
- 他恃强欺弱，总是想吓得人们按他的意愿做事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.
- 露天游乐场的飞车就是想把人吓丢了魂儿。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish...
- 渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.
- 他向空中开枪，希望枪声能把它们吓走。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear...
- 他知道索利是想吓唬他，所以他挤出笑容掩饰自己的恐惧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.
- 大多数孩子见到血就害怕。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Don't frighten me. He is telling the truth.
- 不要吓我, 他说的是真的.
《简明英汉词典》
- He loves sneaking up on his sister and frighten her.
- 他喜欢偷偷溜到他妹妹身后吓他一跳.
期刊摘选
- Then, he double foot jumped, parrot cries: " Fuck , frighten me jump ! Frighten me to jump! "
- 于是, 他双脚跳了进去, 鹦鹉叫到: “ 他妈的, 吓我一跳! ”
期刊摘选
- They were evidently trying to frighten the public into obedience.
- 很明显,他们是要吓唬众人服从.
《简明英汉词典》
- I am afraid I may frighten the company , frighten or enthrall them.
- 我怕我会吓坏那些人,吓坏了他们或是使他们迷惑不解.
辞典例句
- The thing that we see makes us frighten.
- 我们所看到的事情使我们大吃一惊.
期刊摘选
- The name of Satan himself did not frighten her half so much.
- 连撒旦本人也不会像他这样叫人害怕呢!
飘（部分）
- And we set off firecrackers could frighten ghosts away.
- 我们放鞭炮可以驱除鬼怪.
期刊摘选
- Withdraw your hand far from me and let not the terror of you frighten me.
- 请将你的手由我身上撤回,莫让你的威严恐吓我.
期刊摘选
- Public fight which frighten other people.
- 公开殴打别人使受到惊恐.
期刊摘选
- He was the cat they captured to frighten the monkey.
- 他们抓住他是为了吓唬别人.
《简明英汉词典》
- No enemy can frighten us into submission.
- 任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服.
《简明英汉词典》
- You'll find that I don't frighten easily.
- 你会发现我不是轻易就会害怕的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't put your prices too high or you'll frighten the customers off.
- 不要把价格提得太高,要不会把顾客吓跑的.
《简明英汉词典》