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terrify v.使害怕；使恐怖；威胁 (1) 会不会由于安全部门的疏忽或腐败，让恐怖分子得到核装置用来威胁民众？ The verb terrify is closely related to the word terror, and its Latin root is terrificus, "causing terror." While some people might say that monsters terrify them, others are terrified by heights, snakes, or speaking in public. If there's something that makes you feel a deep, horrible sense of fear, it terrifies you.

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英 ['terɪfaɪ] 美 ['terɪfaɪ] (1) Or will carelessness or corruption allow the theft of a nuclear device to terrify us all? If you terrify someone, that person is enormously frightened of you. 1[VERB 动词]吓坏；使极度恐慌；使非常害怕 If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened.   [V n]Flying terrifies him...坐飞机让他害怕得要命。The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me.缓慢而痛苦地死去的想法使我恐惧不已。terrifiedHe was terrified of heights...他恐高。She was terrified that Ronnie would kidnap Sam...她吓坏了，生怕龙尼会绑架萨姆。I'm terrified to think about the fact that my mother will die someday.一想到母亲有一天会去世，我就非常恐惧。Usage Note :Take care not to confuse terrified and terrifying.注意不要混淆 terrified 和 terrifying。

英语单词	terrify
英美音标	英 ['terɪfaɪ] 美 ['terɪfaɪ]
中文释义	v.使害怕；使恐怖；威胁
英语例句	(1) Or will carelessness or corruption allow the theft of a nuclear device to terrify us all?
中文例句	(1) 会不会由于安全部门的疏忽或腐败，让恐怖分子得到核装置用来威胁民众？
vocabulary简明	If you terrify someone, that person is enormously frightened of you.
vocabulary扩展	The verb terrify is closely related to the word terror, and its Latin root is terrificus, "causing terror." While some people might say that monsters terrify them, others are terrified by heights, snakes, or speaking in public. If there's something that makes you feel a deep, horrible sense of fear, it terrifies you.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]吓坏；使极度恐慌；使非常害怕 If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened. [V n] Flying terrifies him... 坐飞机让他害怕得要命。 The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me. 缓慢而痛苦地死去的想法使我恐惧不已。 terrified He was terrified of heights... 他恐高。 She was terrified that Ronnie would kidnap Sam... 她吓坏了，生怕龙尼会绑架萨姆。 I'm terrified to think about the fact that my mother will die someday. 一想到母亲有一天会去世，我就非常恐惧。 Usage Note : Take care not to confuse terrified and terrifying. 注意不要混淆 terrified 和 terrifying。

Terrified Terrify Makes Feel 英 Terɪfaɪ] 美 Terɪfaɪ V.使害怕；使恐怖；威胁