frightening是什么意思？

frightening

英[ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]

• adj. 令人恐惧的，引起突然惊恐的，吓人；

副词：frighteningly;

例句

• After the quietness of home and school, university had been almost frightening. 过惯了家庭和中学的平静生活之后,大学简直有些可怕了。
• It is frightening to most children to waken and find a stranger. 对多数小孩来说,醒来发现一个陌生人是很可怕的。
• His aspect was frightening. 他那副样子很可怕。
• Emerging half muffled from beneath the thick comforters they were particularly frightening. 肥胖的张嫂侧身睡着,铺盖沉重地压在身上,只露出一头乱发和一小半边脸.
• Failure is never quite so frightening as regret. The Dish ( 2000 ) – Cliff Buxton ( Sam Neill ) 比失败更令人恐惧的是懊悔. ——《天线》,克里夫.巴克顿 ( 山姆.内尔 )
• THE statistics are frightening: binge drinking is threatening the lives and health of countless young Victorians. 那些统计数字令人心惊肉跳: 狂欢饮酒正在威胁着无数维多利亚州年轻人的生命和健康.
• His heart bumped in his breast with frightening loudness. 他的心在胸膛里怦怦怦地跳啊跳,声音响得好吓人.
• The mask was so lifelike it was quite frightening. 该面具非常逼真以至看起来有点恐怖.
• 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。
• "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。

英语四级真题

A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized date as a frightening invasion of their privacy.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

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.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  吓人的,可怕的
  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。 His aspect was frightening. 他那副样子很可怕。 It is frightening to most children to waken and find a stranger. 对多数小孩来说,醒来发现一个陌生人是很可怕的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. to inspire with fear
• 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"