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Horrify Horrified Feel Shocked Crime I 英 Hɒrɪfaɪ] 美

英语单词 horrify
英美音标 英 ['hɒrɪfaɪ] 美 ['hɔːrɪfaɪ]
中文释义 v.使恐惧;使惊骇;使反感
英语例句 (1) We were horrified by what we saw.
(2) These are acts that will horrify civilizations.
(3) They were horrified at his rudeness.
中文例句 (1) 我们看到后很害怕。
(2) 这些是令文明国家震惊的行为。
(3) 他们对他的无礼很反感。
vocabulary简明 To horrify is to cause someone to feel shocked and disturbed. It may horrify your parents if you announce that you're dropping out of school to become a professional clown.
vocabulary扩展 Things that horrify you fill you with terror, shock, or disgust. It would horrify you to run into a vampire on a dark city streets, and it would also horrify you to be served raw hamburger for lunch. The emotion that arises when something horrifies you is horror, a word that's the same in Latin, with the literal meaning "a shaking, a trembling, or a shudder."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使感到震惊;使毛骨悚然;使产生反感 If someone is horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard.
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  • His family were horrified by the change.

    他的家人对这一变化感到震惊。

  • ...a crime trend that will horrify all parents.

    会让所有父母感到毛骨悚然的犯罪趋势

horrified
  • When I saw these figures I was horrified...

    我看到这些数字时无比惊骇。

  • We are so horrified by the enormity of the crime that we want somebody brought to justice quickly.

    我们对这项滔天罪行深感震惊,希望能将罪犯尽快绳之以法。

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