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　

高考CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

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

• 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。
• The valley of Elah is where the Philistines sent out their Goliath to terrify the Israelites, and where young David felled the giant with his trusty slingshot.
  以拉谷地是古腓力斯国派出他们的英雄歌力亚恐吓以色列人的地方，在这里，年轻的大卫王用自己可靠的弹弓击倒了巨人歌力亚。
• Machiavelli understood well that the prince and his secretary had different roles and that each needed the other. He wrote that government requires a fox to see the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves.
  马基雅维利（Machiavelli）深知，君主和大臣是两个不同的角色，两者都需要对方。他曾写道，君主须具备双重性格，既是狐狸以看破陷阱，也必须是雄狮以慑服群狼。
• The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people!
  恐怖份子的目的就是令大众感到恐慌！
• This Lion will trample the Boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.
  狮子会用足底踩踏野猪，用张开的胃恐吓它。
• The scum terrify honest citizens in freedom's name.
  那些人渣以自由的名义恐吓诚实的市民。
• 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”。
• It wasn't until years later that DOOM's power to terrify was seriously examined; at the time it was all about – wait for it – the game's amazing technology.
  以后不直到年命运恐吓的电源严重被检验；在时间，它都关于–它–赛的令人惊讶的技术。
• 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。
• 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。