frightening
英 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的现在分词
现在分词:frightening
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5558 / COCA.5540
牛津词典
adj.
- 引起恐惧的;使惊恐的;骇人的
making you feel afraid- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法 - 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。
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something isfrightening, 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。 - The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
英英释义
noun
- the act of inspiring with fear
adj
- 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
双语例句
- I think they are cruel and frightening.
我认为他们很残忍而且吓人。 - Pandemic became a hugely frightening word in the minds of the public and the media.
在公众和媒体的心目中,疾病大流行成了极为可怕的字眼。 - 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。 - It was frightening and strange, and forever changed the way I feel in a thunderstorm.
它很可怕,很奇怪,永远改变了我对雷暴的感觉。 - It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack.
那是一次非常恶劣且骇人的攻击。 - This is a new problem probably not yet unavoidable; but it is a frightening trend.
这是一个新问题,也许是不可避免的问题,但其趋势却令人担忧。 - Which doesn't sound that scary, but it was the most frightening experience of my life.
声音其实并不可怕,但那也算是我一生中最可怕的经历了。 - She speaks horrid things in her sleep, frightening the servants.
她在睡眠中自语着恐怖的事情,吓坏了她的佣人。 - '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。 - It's a frightening thing to kill so many miners in the accident.
那么多矿工在事故中遇难身亡,真是太可怕了。