一、详细释义:


v.

恐吓,吓唬,威胁,使害怕 [T]


例句:

You'll terrify me out of my wits if you behave in this way.

你这样会吓死我的。


例句:

This Lion will trample the boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.

狮子会用足底踩踏野猪,用张开的胃恐吓它。


二、词义辨析:


alarm,frighten,startle,terrify,scare,intimidate

这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。 alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。 frighten普通用词,使用广泛,指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。 startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。 terrify语气最强,指惊骇得六神无主,魂飞魄散。 scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用,但语气较重,侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。 intimidate特指恐吓某人,迫使其做某事。


三、参考例句:


You terrify me!

你吓了我一跳!


The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people.

恐怖份子的目的就是令大众感到恐慌。


You'll terrify me out of my wits if you behave in this way.

你这样会吓死我的。


This Lion will trample the boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.

狮子会用足底踩踏野猪,用张开的胃恐吓它。


Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?

恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处?


It's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.

最让我们害怕的是我们内心的想法。


Those uniforms for the military were originally intended to impress and even terrify the enemy.

设计军服最初的目的是想给敌人留下深刻印象,甚至让他们感到恐惧。


The Ass will put on a crown and then clamber above all that is most lofty and terrify the people with its hideous braying.

驴子会戴上冠冕,然后登上最高的位置,用骇人听闻的驴叫声恐吓人们。