terrifies

英 [ˈterɪfaɪz]

美 [ˈterɪfaɪz]

v.  使恐惧; 使十分害怕; 使惊吓
terrify的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
  美是女人用来吸引情人和吓唬老公的武器。
• This thought terrifies me.
  这种想法真的吓坏我了。
• I avoid traveling in planes because flying terrifies me.
  我避免坐飞机，因为飞行让我胆战心惊。
• There is much to be afraid of in this world but what we fear has nothing to do with masks or plastic spiders or live like monsters now it is the thought in our head that terrifies us the most.
  这个世界有很多可怕的东西，但是我们所惧怕的不是恐怖的面具或者塑料蜘蛛或者逼真的怪兽，而是，我们内心的想法最让我们恐惧。
• The thought of dining alone terrifies some people.
  一个人吃饭的想法会让某些人感到害怕。
• Flying terrifies him
  坐飞机让他害怕得要命。
• I knew that you would understand me. Harry is so cynical, he terrifies me.
  我知道你会理解我的。哈里太玩世不恭了，把我吓坏了。
• Every new aftershock terrifies the thousands living in the many tent cities set up by Italy's civil protection department.
  每次新的余震都使住在意大利群众防护部门搭建的帐篷中的数千人惊恐不已。
• From a politician who uses her beauty as cannily as any supermodel but who also terrifies notorious Russian oligarchs, that sounds like a fair assessment.
  这话出自一位与所有超级名模一样善于利用自己的美貌、同时也让臭名昭著的俄罗斯寡头畏惧的政治家之口，听起来是个公正的评价。
• The prospect of nuclear war terrifies everyone.
  想到未来的核子战争，人人心惊肉跳。