dreaded是什么意思？

dreaded

英[ˈdredɪd]

• adj. 令人畏惧的，害怕的；
• v. 害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)；

例句

• A new homeowner in North Carolina makes a dreaded discovery. 北卡罗莱纳,一位刚买了房子的户主发现了一件惊世骇俗的事.
• Smallpox ( or variola ): One of the world's most dreaded plagues before 1977. 天花: 1977年以前世界上最恐怖的瘟疫之一.
• This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers. 这正是洞穴探险者害怕的那种洪水。
• Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public. 他不善言辞又相当害羞，一直害怕在公共场合讲话。
• This landmark case dispels the absolute finality of this dreaded disease. 这个划时代的病例终于改观了这可怕疾病的绝对结局.
• Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy. 阿尔玛在杂货店当店员.
• Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs. 最后一天，队里的指示就是不惜一切代价实现零的突破。
• She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever... 她患上了花粉热这种讨厌的病症。
• No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease. 没人知道如何治疗这种可怕的疾病。
• Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession. 政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（经济衰退）。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.
  例句
  No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease. 没人知道如何治疗这种可怕的疾病。
• ADJ
  令人恼火的;不方便的;不想要的
  You can use the dreaded to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient, or undesirable.
  例句
  She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever... 她患上了花粉热这种讨厌的病症。 Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs. 最后一天，队里的指示就是不惜一切代价实现零的突破。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. 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"