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单词 frighten
释义
frighten/frɑɪtn/ v

使受惊(惊骇) (make sb afraid;scare) [T+n]:The explosion~ed me. 爆炸声使我吓了一跳。a~ing dream吓人的梦;~/scare sb to death/out of his wits使某人感到恐怖;〖同〗scare,terrify,startle;〖反〗calm,comfort;

frighten the life out of sb 把……吓得要死(掉了魂):You~ed the life out of me suddenly talking like that. 你突然那样讲话把我的魂都吓掉了。

frighten away/off (v adv) 把……吓跑(vt):~away pigeons把鸽子吓跑;He~ed off his attacker by calling for the police. 他大声喊警察把袭击他的人吓跑了。

frighten into/out of doing sth (v prep) 吓唬(威胁)某人做/不做某事 (vt):He~ed the old man into signing the paper. 他威胁这位老人在文件上签字。~the public into obedience威胁公众服从;If you keep talking like that,you'll~her out of going with you. 如果你继续这样讲话,你会吓得她不跟你去的。

→′frightened adj 害怕的,受惊的;′frightening adj 令人恐惧(害怕)的;′frighteningly adv 令人恐惧(害怕)地;

【辨异】 frightenalarmscareterrify都表示引起恐惧,frighten以突然的,令人吃惊的方式使人震惊,但通常是短时的,特别是指意识到会对身体有伤害所产生的恐惧,例如:to frighten sb by a sudden noise(一阵突如其来的噪音使某人害怕);alarm 指认识到某些迫近的危险所产生的感觉,如:to alarm sb by a scream(尖叫一声警告某人);scare指恐吓别人使其不再泰然自若或使之失去尊严,如:to scare a child so that he cries(恐吓孩子使他哭了起来);terrify指用能够征服一切的,使人惊骇不已的恐吓来威胁某人,如:to terrify a city by lawless acts(用毫无法律约束的行为威胁城市)。

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