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

• Don't worry. I won't let him terrify me.
  别担心。我不会让他吓到我的。
• 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。
• Once it has assumed this monstrous guise, it will terrify its brothers and drive them away to Normandy.
  一旦有了这个凶暴的伪装，它就会恐吓它的兄弟，把它们赶出诺曼底。
• 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。
• 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。
• Driving at high speeds in the median of a highway will terrify drivers in both lanes.
  在公路中间高速行驶会使双方向行驶的司机都受到惊吓。
• All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
  一切国家的教会机关，不论是犹太教的，基督教的或是土耳其教会的，在我看来，无非是人所创造出来的，建立的目的是在于恐吓和奴役人类，并且借此来垄断权力和利益。
• 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！
• They eliminate targets and they terrify terrorists.
  既可以除掉目标又可以打击到恐怖分子。