terrify
英 ['ter?fa?]
美['t?r?fa?]
- vt. 恐吓；使恐怖；使害怕
TOEFLCET6TEM4IELTS考研中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?terrifies;过去式:?terrified;过去分词:?terrified;现在分词:?terrifying;副词:?terrifyingly;形容词:?terrifying;
中文词源
terrify 使恐惧，使惊吓
来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-fy,使。
英文词源
- terrify (v.)
- 1570s, from Latin terrificare "to frighten, make afraid," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific). Related: Terrified; terrifying.
双语例句
- 1. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
- 恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
- 他们在该地区的行动是精心谋划的，意在恐吓土地所有者放弃手中的地产。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't let the title of Kelly's book terrify you.
- 不要被凯利的著作的名称吓到.
来自互联网
- 4. The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people!
- 恐怖份子的目的就是令大众感到恐慌!
来自互联网
- 5. Now, it's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.
- 现在, 令我们感到最害怕的,是我们自己头脑中的想法.
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