frightening
英 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的现在分词
现在分词:frightening
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5558 / COCA.5540
牛津词典
adj.
- 引起恐惧的;使惊恐的;骇人的
making you feel afraid- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法 - It's frightening to think it could happen again.
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something isfrightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
那段经历太恐怖了,他们表现得非常勇敢。 - The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
英英释义
noun
- the act of inspiring with fear
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
双语例句
- The whole car shuddered with an almost frightening surge of power
油门猛然加大到几乎让人恐惧的程度,整个汽车剧烈震颤着。 - Though I find these fallacies to be laughable, I also find them rather frightening.
虽然我觉得这些谬误很可笑,我也觉得它们相当可怕。 - I read a frightening story which took place in a haunted house.
我读了一篇可怕的故事,这个故事发生在常常闹鬼的房子里。 - For our society and country, this is a very frightening prospect.
对于我们的社会和国家而言,这种前景十分可怕。 - His aspect was frightening.
他那副样子很可怕。 - Pandemic became a hugely frightening word in the minds of the public and the media.
在公众和媒体的心目中,疾病大流行成了极为可怕的字眼。 - Which doesn't sound that scary, but it was the most frightening experience of my life.
声音其实并不可怕,但那也算是我一生中最可怕的经历了。 - It's a frightening thing to kill so many miners in the accident.
那么多矿工在事故中遇难身亡,真是太可怕了。 - 'Frankly I found it rather frightening.' — 'A little startling,' Mark agreed.
“坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人,”马克表示同意。 - Was this the answer to the frightening riddle of tara's silence?
这是不是对可怕的塔拉沉默之谜的解答呢?