| 词汇 | frighten |
| 释义 | frightenWord family noun fright frighteners frightfulnessadjective frightened frightening frightful frightsomefritverb frighten adverb frighteningly frightfully fright·en /ˈfraɪtn/ ●●● S3 W3 verb [transitiveT] 1 FRIGHTENEDto make someone feel afraid 使害怕，使惊吓 SYN scare Don’t stand so near the edge! You’re frightening me. 别站得那么靠边！你要把我吓坏了。 She was frightened by the anger in his eyes. 她被他眼中的怒火吓住了。 Computers used to frighten me, but not now. 电脑过去让我感到害怕，但现在不了。 frighten somebody to death/frighten the life out of somebody (=make someone feel extremely afraid) 把某人吓得要死 He drove at a speed which frightened Lara to death. 他开车的速度把拉拉吓得要死。 2 frighten somebody ↔ away phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A PLACEto make a person or animal go away by making them feel afraid 吓走 Terrorist activity in the area has frightened most tourists away. 该地区的恐怖活动已经把大多数游客都吓走了。 Examples from the Corpus frighten away• As is now clear, it was this totally unnecessary act of hubris that more than anything else frightened the voters away. 3 frighten somebody into something phrasal verbphr v FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone to do something by making them afraid 把某人吓得做某事 frighten somebody into doing something He frightened me into staying silent. 他吓唬我要我保持沉默。 4 frighten somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v LEAVE A PLACEto make a person or animal so nervous or afraid that they go away or do not do something they were going to do 吓走，吓跑 The investors were frightened off by the company’s low profits that year. 投资者被该公司当年的低利润吓跑了。 Examples from the Corpus frighten off• Also, the ghosts of the carvers frightened me off.• I couldn't let him know the strength of my feelings - I was afraid it might frighten him off.• She was going out with a friend of mine, but she came on so strong that she frightened him off.• They wanted to talk to you direct, but I said that would frighten you off.• You're right to tread carefully, as if you do say anything to him you might well frighten him off!• I was very frightened of falling off the edge of the table, which was ten metres from the ground. n THESAURUS frighten to make someone feel afraid The thought of being in court frightened him. scare especially spoken to frighten someone. Scare is less formal than frighten, and is the usual word to use in everyday English He was driving fast just to scare us. It scared him to think that his mother might never recover. terrify to make someone feel extremely frightened The idea of going down into the caves terrified her. Robbers terrified bank staff by threatening them at gunpoint. give somebody a fright to make someone suddenly feel frightened in a way that makes their heart beat more quickly It gave me a terrible fright when I found him unconscious on the floor. give somebody the creeps if a person or place gives you the creeps, they make you feel slightly frightened because they are strange This house gives me the creeps. startle to frighten someone. Used when you suddenly see someone and did not know they were there, or when you suddenly hear something I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. The noise startled him, and he dropped his glass on the floor. alarm to make someone feel frightened and worried that something bad might happen I didn’t want to alarm her by calling in the middle of the night. intimidate to deliberately frighten someone, especially so that they will do what you want Many of the gangs were using dogs to intimidate people. Examples from the Corpus frighten• He was broke and he was frightened.• Many couples have been frightened by questionable results.• The driver was frightened by the shots.• Film-makers have always known that one way to capture an audience is to frighten it out of its wits.• It frightens me to know that the rapist still hasn't been caught.• I wasn't frightened of it.• Now he could imagine children being frightened of it.• The man pulled out a gun and managed to frighten off his attackers.• Take that silly mask off -- you're frightening the children.• Melissa spun round to see Eddie standing behind her. "You frightened the daylights out me!" she gasped. "I never heard you come in."• Travis, you just frighten the dog when you play that music.• What are you doing creeping up on me like that? You frightened the life out of me!• I think she was frightened to be too strict.• Their lawyers tried to frighten us into signing the contract.• Does the thought of death frighten you? |
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