| 词汇 | frighten |
| 释义 | frightenUK:*/ˈfraɪtən/US:/ˈfraɪtən/ ,(frīt′n)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 frighten [sb/sth] vtr (scare [sb], [sth])吓到；吓怕You frightened me, jumping out of nowhere like that! Her hoots of laughter frightened the cat.你就那样突然出现，吓了我一跳！她的一阵阵笑声吓到了那只猫。usage: ‘frighten’If something frightens you, it makes you feel afraid.Rats and mice don't frighten me.Frighten is almost always a transitive verb. Don't say that someone ‘frightens’. If you want to say that someone is afraid because of something that has happened or that might happen, you say that they are frightened. Miriam was too frightened to tell her family what had happened.He told the children not to be frightened.➜ For more information, see afraid - frightened frighten [sb] into doing [sth] vtr (intimidate [sb])威胁某人做某事；恐吓某人做某事They were trying to frighten the witness into keeping silent.他们企图威胁那个证人保持沉默。 动词短语 frighten [sb/sth] off vtr phrasal sep (scare away)把…吓跑；吓走Tina's clingy nature frightened off all potential boyfriends. 复合形式： frighten [sb/sth] away, frighten away [sb/sth] vtr + adv literal (cause [sb/sth] to run away)把…吓跑，把…吓走 frighten [sb/sth] away, frighten away [sb/sth] vtr + adv (deter, discourage)使…灰心，使…丧气The new translator hasn't responded to the feedback I gave her; I'm worried I've frightened her away. |
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