terrify

英 ['terɪfaɪ] 美['tɛrɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 恐吓;使恐怖;使害怕

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词态变化


第三人称单数: terrifies;过去式: terrified;过去分词: terrified;现在分词: terrifying;副词: terrifyingly;形容词: terrifying;

中文词源


terrify 使恐惧,使惊吓

来自 terror,恐惧,惊恐,-fy,使。

英文词源


terrify (v.)
1570s, from Latin terrificare "to frighten, make afraid," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific). Related: Terrified; terrifying.

双语例句


1. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处?

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
他们在该地区的行动是精心谋划的,意在恐吓土地所有者放弃手中的地产。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Don't let the title of Kelly's book terrify you.
不要被凯利的著作的名称吓到.

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4. 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!

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5. Now, it's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.
现在, 令我们感到最害怕的,是我们自己头脑中的想法.

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