terrify
vt. 使恐惧;使惊恐;恐吓。如:
The gunman’s threats terrified her into handing over the money.
那位持枪歹徒的威胁吓得她赶快交出了钱。
They were terrified by his sudden appearance.
他突然出现,吓了他们一跳。
The old lady was terrified of crossing such a busy street.
这位老太太害怕穿过这么繁忙的街道。
[派生] terrified adj. 害怕的;恐惧的;受惊的
terrifying adj. 令人害怕的;可怕的
[拓展] be terrified of 害怕
be terrified at 对……感到害怕
[辨析] terrify; frighten; scare
terrify, frighten, scare都可以作动词,表示“恐吓、惊恐”之意,但语气强弱不同: terrify语气,表示极度恐惧;frighten是普通用词,使用广泛;scare在三者中语气最弱。frighten 和scare 在口语中有时可以互用,但frighten还有突然受到惊吓的意思,scare却没有。
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