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terrify

/ter-uh-fahy/US // ˈtɛr əˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪ) //

吓唬人,惊吓,吓坏了,吓唬人的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing.

    • : to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.

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Examples

  • Then there’s the fact that most Americans are also terrified of death and the dying process and horrible at talking openly with others about the realities of aging.

  • The very fact that my brain considers them as an option terrifies me and is indicative of how much this is affecting me.

  • As a road user, I find them to be menaces that flout traffic rules, drive on sidewalks, terrify pedestrians, and are quick to mobilize other bike riders for mob justice if involved in an accident.

  • I’m thinking it’s time to have a hard talk with my boss about this, and I’m terrified.

  • The rugby player says she was terrified when she came out on social media, but she wanted to overcome the negative feelings that had weighed on her.

  • The giant retailer is realizing its dream of getting into the banking business, which should terrify populists of all stripes.

  • Epidurals terrify me, which is why I decided on a natural birth.

  • That's what should terrify neoconservatives -- not the bogus anti-Israel charges.

  • The Daily Beast rounds up a list of bizarre conditions that rarely strike,  but still manage to terrify.

  • The operation was apparently intended to terrify the residents into leaving voluntarily, but instead it steeled their resolve.

  • You can terrify this woman with the thunders of the law if she persists in kidnapping children that don't belong to her.

  • Meantime the trader would use his precious possession, the letter written by Helen Ervin, to terrify the girl.

  • What is it that gives evil governments their influence, but their power to terrify, and their wealth and honours to seduce?

  • They "supped full of horrors," and listened greedily to tales of death, which served to weaken and terrify.

  • They terrify the weak minded by frightful ideas which they hold out to them of the Deity.

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