[VERB 动词]惊吓;使惊恐;使担忧 If something scares you, it frightens or worries you.
[V n]
[V n adj]
[it V n to-inf]
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
You're scaring me...
你吓着我了。
What scares me most is that I'm going to end up not being married...
最让我担心的是我会一辈子嫁不出去。
The prospect of failure scares me rigid...
一想到失败我就吓得身体发僵。
It scared him to realise how close he had come to losing everything.
一想到他差点儿就失去了一切,他心里直打哆嗦。
If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you.(表示非常害怕)吓死了,吓得魂都没了
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[N-SING 单数名词]惊吓;惊恐 If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you.
Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?...
你难道不知道你把我们大家都吓得不轻吗?
We got a bit of a scare.
我们受了点惊吓。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]恐惧;恐慌 A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all.
[oft n N]
...the doctor at the centre of an Aids scare...
身处艾滋病恐慌中心的医生
Despite the scare there are no plans to withdraw the drug.
尽管大家忧心忡忡,可是并无撤回药物的计划。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](炸弹或安全)恐慌 A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place.
[usu n N]
Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.
尽管最近发生多起炸弹恐慌,目前还没有人员受伤。
...a security scare over a suspect package.
可疑包裹引起的安全恐慌
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相关词组:
scare away
scare off
scare up
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scare★/skeə(r); NAmEsker/
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scarescaresscaredscaringverb★1★[transitive ]to frighten sb 惊吓;使害怕;使恐惧scaresb ◆You scared me.你吓了我一跳。it scares sb to do sth◆It scared me to think I was alone in the building.想到楼里只有我一个人,怪害怕的。☞synonyms at
frighten
2[intransitive ]to become frightened 受惊吓;害怕;恐惧◆He doesn't scare easily.他不轻易害怕。☞see also
scary
IDIOMscare the ˈshit out of sb | scare sb ˈshitless( taboo,slang) to frighten sb very much 吓得某人屁滚尿流☞more at
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death
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PHRASAL VERBS★ˌscare sb↔aˈway/ˈoffto make sb go away by frightening them 把…吓跑◆They managed to scare the bears away.他们设法把熊吓跑了。ˈscare sb into doing sthto frighten sb in order to make them do sth 威胁,恐吓(某人做某事)◆Local businesses were scared into paying protection money.当地商家迫于威胁缴纳了保护费。ˌscare sb↔ˈoffto make sb afraid of or nervous about doing sth, especially without intending to (尤指无意中)把人吓倒,使人害怕,使恐惧◆Rising prices are scaring customers off.不断上涨的价格把顾客纷纷吓跑了。ˌscare ˈup sth( NAmE) ( informal) to find or make sth by using whatever is available (就现有材料)勉强凑合◆I'll see if I can scare up enough chairs for us all.我来看看能不能给大家凑够椅子。noun★1★[countable ]( used especially in newspapers 尤用于报章) a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about sth 恐慌;恐惧◆a bomb/health scare炸弹╱卫生恐慌◆recent scares about pesticides in food近来人们对含杀虫剂食物的恐慌◆a scare story(= a news report that spreads more anxiety or fear about sth than is necessary)引起恐慌的报道◆to cause a major scare引起严重恐慌◆scare tactics(= ways of persuading people to do sth by frightening them)恐吓战术2★[singular ]a sudden feeling of fear 惊吓;惊恐◆You gave me a scare!你吓了我一跳!◆We've had quite a scare.我们吓得不轻。☞see also
scary
scare/skeə(r); NAmEsker/
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scarescare1 /skeə $ sker/ ●●●S2 verb
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1[transitive] to make someone feel frightenedSYN frighten → afraid: Loud noises can scare animals or birds.scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of somebody (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me.scare the pants off somebody informal (=scare someone very much)2scare easily to be frightened by things that are not very frightening: I don’t scare easily, you know.scare into phrasal verbto make someone do something by frightening them or threatening themscare somebody into doing something You can’t scare me into telling you anything.scare off/away phrasal verb1to make an animal or person go away by frightening them: She moved quietly to avoid scaring the birds away.2to make someone uncertain or worried so that they do not do something they were going to do: Rising prices are scaring off many potential customers.scare up phrasal verb American English informalto make something although you have very few things to make it from: Let me see if I can scare up something for you to eat.
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1[singular] a sudden feeling of fear: You really gave us a scare!2[countable] a situation in which a lot of people become frightened about something: a bomb scare a health scare
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