frightening
- adj.可怕的;使惊恐的;骇人的;引起恐惧的
- v.使惊吓;使惊恐
- frighten的现在分词
派生词: frighteningly adv.
frighten v.使害怕 + -ing 形容词后缀
frightening
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ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something is frightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
那段经历太恐怖了,他们表现得非常勇敢。
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The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons.
这个国家离拥有核武器只有一步之遥,这令人不寒而栗。
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- the act of inspiring with fear
- Synonym: terrorization terrorisation
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- causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- Synonym: awful dire direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome horrendous horrific terrible
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Then we heard a frightening sound after a bright flash of lightning .
一道闪电过后,我们听到了可怕的声音。
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The elderly are projected to rise as a proportion of the working population in most western countries to a frightening extent .
在大部分西方国家,老年人相对于就业人口的比例预计都将上升到可怕的程度。
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He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm .
他永远不会吓唬或伤害任何人。
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It 's frightening to think it could happen again .
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
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Sorry , I didn 't mean to frighten you .
对不起,我没有吓唬你的意思。
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She doesn 't frighten easily .
她不是轻易能吓倒的。
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The fishermen said the company 's seismic survey was frightening away fish
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
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The whole car shuddered with an almost frightening surge of power
油门猛然加大到几乎让人恐惧的程度,整个汽车剧烈震颤着。
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All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line .
所有这一切不过是设计好了来恐吓我、让我乖乖听话的。
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It doesn 't frighten them . They 're used to it .
这可吓不倒他们。他们已经习惯了。
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The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening .
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
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I did not want to frighten or distress the horse .
我并不想吓到马或惹怒它。
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He fired into the air , hoping that the noise would frighten them off .
他向空中开枪,希望枪声能把它们吓走。
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It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous
那是一次让人胆战心惊的经历,而他们表现得非常勇敢。
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He was a bully . He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted .
他恃强欺弱,总是想吓得人们按他的意愿做事。
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It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack .
那是一次非常恶劣且骇人的攻击。
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Bullying can indeed be distressing and frightening for those at the receiving end .
受到欺凌的人会真实地感到痛苦和害怕。
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Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you .
露天游乐场的飞车就是想把人吓丢了魂儿。
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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。
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' Frankly I found it rather frightening . ' — ' A little startling , ' Mark agreed .
“坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人,”马克表示同意。
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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。
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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。
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Her aspect was frightening .
她当时的样子很可怕。
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Don 't put your prices too high or you 'll frighten the customers off .
要价别太高,否则会把顾客吓跑的。
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You 'll find that I don 't frighten easily .
你会发现我不是轻易就会害怕的。
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Going into that deep , pitch-dark cave was really frightening .
山洞又黑又深,进去可真吓人。
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I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake .
我曾意外地遇到过一条毒蛇,吓得我要命。
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The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening .
这种流行病传播范围之广令人惊惶不安。
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His aspect was frightening .
他那副样子很可怕。
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Don 't let fitness frighten you !
健身并不可怕!