- To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents.
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- v. 使惊吓；吓唬…
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1. Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
对不起，我没有吓唬你的意思。
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2. She's not easily frightened.
她不是轻易吓倒的。
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3. The high prices have frightened off many customers.
高价使许多顾客却步。
- frighten (v.) "strike with fear, terrify," 1660s, from fright (n.) + -en (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (v.).
fright·en ★ / ˈfraɪtn ; NAmE ˈfraɪtn / verb [transitive , intransitive ] frighten(sb) | frightensb to do sth to make sb suddenly feel afraid 使惊吓；使惊恐 ◆ Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. 对不起，我没有吓唬你的意思。 ◆ She's not easily frightened. 她不是轻易吓倒的。 ◆ She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid). 她不是轻易吓倒的。 IDIOMsee daylights , death , life PHRASAL VERBS ˌfrighten sb/sth↔aˈway/ˈoff | ˌfrighten sb/sth aˈway from sth 1 ★ to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid 把…吓走（或吓跑） ◆ He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off. 他用枪威胁闯入者，把他们吓跑了。 2 ★ to make sb afraid or nervous so that they no longer want to do sth 把…吓得不敢（做某事） ◆ The high prices have frightened off many customers. 高价使许多顾客却步。 ˈfrighten sb into sth/into doing sth to make sb do sth by making them afraid 把…吓得做某事 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 frighten scare ◆alarm ◆terrify These words all mean to make sb afraid. 以上各词均含使害怕、使恐惧之意。 ■ frighten to make sb feel afraid, often suddenly 指（常为突如其来地）使惊吓、使惊恐： ◆ He brought out a gun and frightened them off. 他掏出一把枪，把他们吓跑了。 ■ scare to make sb feel afraid 指使害怕、使恐惧： ◆ They managed to scare the bears away. 他们设法把那些熊吓跑了。 ■ alarm to make sb anxious or afraid 指使惊恐、使害怕、使担心： ◆ It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously. 谁都不认真对待这个问题，我非常担心。 NOTE Alarmis used when sb has a feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous might happen in the future; the feeling is often more one of worry than actual fear. *alarm 指令人担心不好的事情或危险可能发生，多为忧虑而非真的害怕。 ■ terrify to make sb feel extremely afraid 指使恐惧、使十分害怕、使惊吓： ◆ Flying terrified her. 她害怕坐飞机。 frighten or scare? 用 frighten 还是 scare？ Scareis slightly more informal than frighten. *scare 较 frighten 稍非正式。 PATTERNS ◆ to frighten/scare sb/sth away / away ◆ to frighten/scare/terrify sb intodoing sth ◆ Itfrightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me that… ◆ Itfrightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me tothink, see, etc. frighten frightens frightened frightening fright·en / ˈfraɪtn ; NAmE ˈfraɪtn /
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