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

• Flying terrifies him
  坐飞机让他害怕得要命。
• Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
  他的尊荣岂不叫你们惧怕吗？他的惊吓岂不临到你们吗？
• Recent additions to the battlefield include tiny "insects" that perform reconnaissance missions and giant "dogs" to terrify foes.
  最近增加到战场的包括执行侦察任务的小“昆虫”和吓唬敌人的大“狗”。
• 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。
• They eliminate targets and they terrify terrorists.
  既可以除掉目标又可以打击到恐怖分子。
• Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
  但愿他的棍杖远离我，他的威严不要恐吓我。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bad Moon warriors wear strikingly patterned clothing and shocking war paint designed to terrify the enemy.
  恶月的战士们喜欢用夸张的装束和吓人的战漆来恐吓敌人。
• Fortunately for him, being a pop sensation gives you all the resources you need to stalk, threaten, and terrify a group of teen girls.
  不过对他来说幸运的是，作为一个流行歌手，比伯拥有一切所需要的资源来跟踪、威胁和恐吓那些姑娘们。