frighten

['fraitən]

vt.使惊吓, 害怕
vi.惊吓

vt.

1. 使惊恐, 使骇怕[H]

The ghost story frightened the child.

这个鬼怪故事使孩子十分惊恐。

2. 吓唬……使其……[O][(+away/off/into)]

The alarm frightened the burglar away.

警报铃声吓走了窃贼。

vi.

惊恐, 害怕

词形变化

副词: frighteningly | 名词: frightener | 动词过去式: frightened | 动词过去分词: frightened | 动词现在分词: frightening | 动词第三人称单数: frightens |

词义辨析

同义:

v.害怕

scare  affright  panic  terrify  shock  petrify  awe  horrify  unnerve  spook  intimidate  

同义参见:

alarm  funk  startle  shock  dismay  demoralize  daunt  

反义:

vt.vi.惊恐; 害怕

compose  quiet  calm  soothe  assure  

英英释义

动词 frighten:

cause fear in

同义词：fright, scare, affright

drive out by frightening

短语词组

frighten sb. into doing sth.

1. 使某人吓得做某事

They frightened him into selling the house.

他们威吓他把房子卖了。

补充

frightenfrighten英:[ˈfraitən] 美:[ˈfraɪtn]vt. & vi.1.(使)惊恐You'll find that I don't frighten easily.你会发现我不是轻易就会害怕的。It frightened me sometimes to see that.看到那种事, 有时真令我害怕。She was frightened to ride a bike.她不敢骑自行车。I was frightened that he might cut himself.我怕他会伤了自己。vt.1.吓唬Don't frighten me.He is telling the truth.不要吓我, 他说的是真的。

例句

1. The situation was beginning to frighten me.形势开始让我感到害怕。 2. The thunder so frightened the horse that it galloped down the road.马被雷声惊得不轻, 沿着道路狂奔而去。 3. Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.大多数孩子见到血会害怕。 4. Horror films frighten him.他看恐怖片会害怕。 5. He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.他是个恶霸, 总想着恐吓人们听自己的话做事。 6. Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.露天游乐场的乘坐设备就是为了给人们制造惊吓而设计的。 7. I've got books on serial killers that frighten the life out of me.我买了些关于连环杀手的书, 读了吓得要命。 8. My father thought he was amusing me but he was frightening the wits out of me.我爸爸以为是在逗我开心, 却把我吓得要死。 9. The noise frightened the child.喧哗声使小孩惊恐万分。 10. Don't frighten him. He's telling the truth.不要吓唬他，他在讲实话。 11. to frighten someone into confessing使某人吓得供认 12. to frighten away pigeons吓走鸽子 13. He doesn't frighten easily.他不容易受惊吓。 14. the savagery of his thoughts frightened him.他的想法这么残暴连他自己都觉得害怕。 15. people were no longer easily frightened into docility.人们不再那么容易被吓怕而变得顺从。 16. at his age, I guess he doesn't frighten any more.在他这个年龄，我猜想他不再害怕了。 17. That programme about crime really frightened me.那个关于犯罪的节目真叫我害怕。 18. Walk quietly so that you don't frighten the birds away.放轻点儿脚步，别把小鸟吓跑。 19. The story really frightened me.这个故事真的吓到我了。 20. The child was badly frightened by the mask.这个面具把孩子吓坏了。 21. The story nearly frightened me to death. = The story nearly frightened the life out of me. [=the story frightened me very badly]这个故事快把我吓死了。 22. She doesn't frighten easily.她不是轻易能吓倒的。 23. The dog frightened the prowler away.狗吓走了那个鬼鬼祟祟转悠的人。 24. Tourists have been frightened off by the violence in the city.游客被市区的暴乱吓跑了。 25. The insurance agent tried to frighten her into buying the most expensive flood insurance.保险代理人尽力吓唬她，想让她去买最贵的水灾险。 26. They frightened the boy into confessing his crime.他们恐吓男孩，想让他认罪。 27. Bad economic news has frightened people out of putting their money in the stock market.负面经济新闻吓得人们不敢把钱投进股市。 28. Are you frightened [=afraid] of dogs?你怕狗吗？ 29. a badly/very frightened child严重受惊的孩子 30. There were frightening noises outside my tent.我的帐篷外面传来吓人的响声。 31. a frightening mask吓人的面具 32. The car came frighteningly close to the guardrail.车紧贴着护栏驶来，太吓人了。 33. It is frighteningly [=extremely] easy to mislead voters.选民极其容易被误导。