frighten 英 [ˈfraɪtn]   美 [ˈfraɪtn]

frighten

frighten  英 [ˈfraɪtn] 美 [ˈfraɪtn]

v. 使惊吓;吓唬… 

进行时:frightening  过去式:frightened  过去分词:frightened  第三人称单数:frightens 

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。

  • 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…
  • 1. Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.

    对不起,我没有吓唬你的意思。

  • 2. She's not easily frightened.

    她不是轻易吓倒的。

  • 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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