terrify
英 [ˈterɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈtɛrəˌfaɪ]

vt.

使恐怖，使惊吓；恐吓，吓唬；威胁；

变形

过去式：terrified过去分词：terrified现在分词：terrifying第三人称单数：terrifies

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 吓坏,吓破胆 fill with terror or fear

英英释义

terrify[ 'terifai ]

• v.fill with terror; frighten greatly

  同义词：terrorizeterrorise

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• terrify frantically狂暴地吓了一跳
• terrify immoderately使…无节制地惊恐
• terrify overwhelmingly使不知所措地惊恐
• terrify psychically精神上吓了一跳
• terrify unreasoningly无缘无故地吓了一跳

～+介词

• terrify at给…吓一跳
• terrify by被…吓一跳
• terrify sb into doing sth恐吓某人做某事
• terrify of害怕
• terrify out of sb's wits吓得魂不附体
• terrify with给…吓一跳

同近义词辨析

alarm, terrify, intimidate, frightem, scare, startle

这组词都有“惊吓、惊恐”的意思，其区别是：

alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。

terrify语气最强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。

intimidate特指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。

frightem普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。

scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。

startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. Or will carelessness or corruption allow the theft of a nuclear device to terrify us all?
   会不会由于安全部门的疏忽或腐败，让恐怖分子得到核装置用来威胁民众？

权威例句

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Terrify and control: the politics of risk society. [Paper in: Humanitarian Intervention. Janzekovic, John (ed.).]
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