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alarming adj.惊人的；吓人的 (1) 雨林正在以惊人的速率不断减少。(2) 意念的力量是很惊人的!(3) 巨大成功使她得意忘形到惊人的地步。(4) 一些专家说，这样的推测太耸人听闻了。 The idea of climate change is very alarming to many people, and the sound of a police car's siren is alarming when you're driving. Things that are alarming grab your attention, and either frighten you or at least unsettle you. The adjective alarming comes from alarm, via the Old French alarme, which is rooted in the Italian interjection all'arme, a rally or warning cry, "to arms!"

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英 [ə'lɑːmɪŋ] 美 [ə'lɑːrmɪŋ] (1) Rainforests are shrinking at an alarming rate.(2) The power of ideas is very alarming!(3) The great success has bloated her ego to an alarming degree.(4) Some experts say that estimate is overly alarming. Something that's alarming is disturbing or upsetting. It can be alarming when you hear a sudden, loud crash of thunder. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的 Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。...the alarming increase in crime.令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象alarmingly...the alarmingly high rate of heart disease.高得令人担心的心脏病发病率

英语单词	alarming
英美音标	英 [ə'lɑːmɪŋ] 美 [ə'lɑːrmɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.惊人的；吓人的
英语例句	(1) Rainforests are shrinking at an alarming rate. (2) The power of ideas is very alarming! (3) The great success has bloated her ego to an alarming degree. (4) Some experts say that estimate is overly alarming.
中文例句	(1) 雨林正在以惊人的速率不断减少。 (2) 意念的力量是很惊人的! (3) 巨大成功使她得意忘形到惊人的地步。 (4) 一些专家说，这样的推测太耸人听闻了。
vocabulary简明	Something that's alarming is disturbing or upsetting. It can be alarming when you hear a sudden, loud crash of thunder.
vocabulary扩展	The idea of climate change is very alarming to many people, and the sound of a police car's siren is alarming when you're driving. Things that are alarming grab your attention, and either frighten you or at least unsettle you. The adjective alarming comes from alarm, via the Old French alarme, which is rooted in the Italian interjection all'arme, a rally or warning cry, "to arms!"
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的 Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. The disease has spread at an alarming rate. 这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。 ...the alarming increase in crime. 令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象 alarmingly ...the alarmingly high rate of heart disease. 高得令人担心的心脏病发病率

Alarming Rate 英 ə'Lɑːmɪŋ] 美 ə'Lɑːrmɪŋ Adj.惊人的；吓人的 Rainforests Shrinking