panics

英 [ˈpænɪks]

美 [ˈpænɪks]

n.  惊恐; 恐慌; 人心惶惶的局面; 惶恐不安
v.  (使)惊慌，惊慌失措
panic的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 恐慌；惊慌失措
  Panicis a very strong feeling of anxiety or fear, which makes you act without thinking carefully.
  1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population...
     首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。
  2. I phoned the doctor in a panic, crying that I'd lost the baby.
     我惊慌失措地给医生打电话，哭着说我的孩子没了。
• N-UNCOUNT 恐慌局面；人心惶惶的状态
  Panicora panicis a situation in which people are affected by a strong feeling of anxiety.
  1. There was a moment of panic in Britain as it became clear just how vulnerable the nation was...
     一时间，英国出现了大恐慌，因为人们清楚地看到了英国有多么不堪一击。
  2. I'm in a panic about getting everything done in time...
     我一阵手忙脚乱，想及时做完所有事情。
  3. The policy announcement caused panic buying of petrol.
     那则政策公告引发了汽油抢购风潮。
• V-ERG （使）惊慌失措；（使）恐慌
  If youpanicor if someonepanicsyou, you suddenly feel anxious or afraid, and act quickly and without thinking carefully.
  1. Guests panicked and screamed when the bomb exploded...
     ***爆炸后，客人们惊慌失措，尖声惊叫。
  2. The unexpected and sudden memory briefly panicked her...
     突然间莫名涌起的回忆让她心头一紧。
  3. She refused to be panicked into a hasty marriage.
     她不愿因恐慌而仓促结婚。

双语例句

• Moral panics serve to express the desired social order: brave policemen good, independent young people bad.
  道德恐慌起到的作用是表述理想的社会秩序：勇敢的警察是好人，独立的年轻人是坏人。
• Consider how different the current crisis is from the panics of the1990s.The U.S.
  把当前的危机和上世纪90年代的恐慌相比较我们就能发现二者的不同。
• Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying.
  你看，没人恐慌，只要事情照计划发生。即便那个计划很，恐怖。
• This was in response to "financial panics" and bank insolvencies.
  这个随后导致了经济恐慌和银行的无力偿还而拨产。
• During the last quarter of the19th century and the beginning of the20th century the United States economy went through a series of financial panics.
  在最后一个季度的19世纪和20世纪初美国经济经历了一系列的金融恐慌。
• This would be a recipe for still-greater panics.
  这种承诺还将导致更大规模的恐慌。
• Jackson's actions helped precipitate the sharp business panics that occurred in1834and1837.
  杰克逊的做法加速了1834年和1837年发生的经济恐慌。
• There was a nasty downside: unexpected withdrawals by country banks triggered panics.
  这种行为有一个凶险之处：假如乡村银行骤然取走款项，就可能引发恐慌情绪。
• To a remarkable extent we have got into the current economic and financial crisis because of a wrong economic theory an economic theory that itself denied the role of the animal spirits in getting us into manias and panics.
  我们之所以陷入当前的经济和金融危机，在相当大程度上是因为一个错误的经济理论：一个本身就否认了动物精神在将我们送入狂热和恐慌中所起作用的经济理论。
• Slowdowns are considered more "fundamental" than panics over Greece, say, or tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
  与对希腊债务危机的恐慌、或是朝鲜半岛的紧张局势相比，经济增长放缓被视为一个更为“根本”的问题。