一、詳細(xì)釋義:


v.

恐嚇,嚇唬,威脅,使害怕 [T]


例句:

You'll terrify me out of my wits if you behave in this way.

你這樣會嚇?biāo)牢业摹?/p>

例句:

This Lion will trample the boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.

獅子會用足底踩踏野豬,用張開的胃恐嚇?biāo)?


二、詞義辨析:


alarm,frighten,startle,terrify,scare,intimidate

這些動詞均有“驚嚇、驚恐”之意。 alarm著重指某人意識到危險而突然產(chǎn)生的驚恐。 frighten普通用詞,使用廣泛,指產(chǎn)生突然、短暫的驚慌、恐怖感。 startle強(qiáng)調(diào)突然使人驚駭或震驚。 terrify語氣最強(qiáng),指驚駭?shù)昧駸o主,魂飛魄散。 scare指非正式文體中可與frighten換用,但語氣較重,側(cè)重人受驚嚇后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。 intimidate特指恐嚇某人,迫使其做某事。


三、參考例句:


You terrify me!

你嚇了我一跳!


The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people.

恐怖份子的目的就是令大眾感到恐慌。


You'll terrify me out of my wits if you behave in this way.

你這樣會嚇?biāo)牢业摹?/p>

This Lion will trample the boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.

獅子會用足底踩踏野豬,用張開的胃恐嚇?biāo)?


Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?

恐嚇或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克萊對誰會有好處?


It's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.

最讓我們害怕的是我們內(nèi)心的想法。


Those uniforms for the military were originally intended to impress and even terrify the enemy.

設(shè)計軍服最初的目的是想給敵人留下深刻印象,甚至讓他們感到恐懼。


The Ass will put on a crown and then clamber above all that is most lofty and terrify the people with its hideous braying.

驢子會戴上冠冕,然后登上最高的位置,用駭人聽聞的驢叫聲恐嚇人們。