[书] (害怕； 使害怕) fear; be awed: 威 ～ terrorize with military force; ～ 于人民民主专政的强大威力 be awed by the power of the people's democratic dictatorship ◆慑服 submit because of fear; succumb; cow sb. into submission; 慑于淫威 be terrorized by tyrannical methods; being tamed by sb.'s arbitrariness; be awed by authority