frighten

英[ˈfraɪtn]美[ˈfraɪtn]

v.使惊恐，害怕；

第三人称单数：frightens;

过去式：frightened;

过去分词：frightened;

现在分词：frightening;

例句

No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。

Don't frighten me.He is telling the truth.不要吓我, 他说的是真的。

You'll find that I don't frighten easily.你会发现我不是轻易就会害怕的。

He exaggerated the dangers of the trip in order to frighten them not into going.他夸大了旅行的危险, 目的是恫吓他们, 以使他们不敢去。

...to frighten the masses into law-abiding subjection.威胁民众要遵纪守法、不得反抗

He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear.他知道索利是想吓唬他，所以他挤出笑容掩饰自己的恐惧。

Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists.高速公路旁将安装仿真巡逻车以威慑那些超速驾车者。

He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm .他永远不会吓唬或伤害任何人。

I am afraid I may frighten the company , frighten or enthrall them.我怕我会吓坏那些人,吓坏了他们或是使他们迷惑不解.

We all love to frighten ourselves by going on hair-raising rides at funfairs.我们都喜欢坐上游艺节惊险刺激的乘骑设施体验恐惧的乐趣。

同义词解析

以下这些动词均有"惊吓，惊恐" 的意思

alarm ：着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。

frighten ：普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。

startle ：强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。

terrify ：语气*强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。

scare ：指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。

intimidate ：指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。

英语四级真题

The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign.

A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy.

One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead.

英语六级真题

Frightened victims can rarely make correct identification.

Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.

Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.

What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

使惊恐;使害怕;吓唬

If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.

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PHRASE

使吓得魂飞魄散;使吓破了胆

If something frightens the life out of you, frightens the wits out of you, or frightens you out of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock.

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PHRASAL VERB

吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲远

If you frighten away a person or animal or frighten them off, you make them afraid so that they run away or stay some distance away from you.

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PHRASAL VERB

使吓得不敢打交道(或参与)

To frighten someone away or frighten them off means to make them nervous so that they decide not to become involved with a particular person or activity.

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PHRASAL VERB

吓得…做…

If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.

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英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

(使)惊恐;使惊吓

vt.

吓唬

英英词典释义

Verb

1. cause fear in;

2. drive out by frightening