frighten
verb [transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they frighten | |
| he / she / it frightens | |
| past simple frightened | |
| past participle frightened | |
| -ing form frightening |
to make somebody suddenly feel afraid 使驚嚇；使驚恐 - frighten (somebody)
Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. 對不起，我沒有嚇唬你的意思。 - (informal)
He used to frighten me to death (= a lot), zooming about on his go-cart. 他過去常常騎着他的手推車，把我嚇死。 She's not easily frightened. 她不是能輕易嚇倒的。 She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid). 她不是能輕易嚇倒的。 - it frightens somebody to think, see, hear, etc…
It really frightens me to think how this might have ended. 想到這可能會如何結束，我真的很害怕。 - it frightens somebody that…
It frightened him that she could see so easily into his private thoughts. 她能如此輕易地看穿他的私人想法，這使他感到害怕。
Synonyms frightenfrighten- scare
- alarm
- terrify
- frighten to make somebody feel afraid, often suddenly:
He brought out a gun and frightened them off. 他掏出一把槍，把他們嚇跑了。
- scare to make somebody feel afraid:
They managed to scare the bears away. 他們設法把那些熊嚇跑了。
- alarm to make somebody anxious or afraid:
It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously. 誰都不認真對待這個問題，我非常擔心。
- terrify to make somebody feel extremely afraid:
Flying terrified her. 她害怕坐飛機。
frighten or scare? 用 frighten 還是 scare？ - to frighten/scare somebody/something away/off
- to frighten/scare/terrify somebody into doing something
- It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me that…
- It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me to think, see, etc.
Extra ExamplesDon't creep around like that! You frightened the life out of me! 不要這樣蹑手蹑腳地到處走！你把我嚇得要命！ The prospect of war really frightens me. 戰爭的即將到來真的把我嚇壞了。 Stop it! You're frightening me! 住手！你嚇着我了！
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- almost
- easily
- …
- want to
- not mean to
- try to
- …
- frighten somebody to death
- frighten the life out of somebody
- frighten (somebody)
Idioms
frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 嚇得某人六神無主（或魂飛魄散）
frighten/scare the life out of somebody
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 嚇得某人六神無主（或魂飛魄散） You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. 你這樣突然闖進來嚇得我魂不附體。
frighten/scare somebody to death
- (informal)
to frighten somebody very much 嚇得某人六神無主（或魂飛魄散） Spiders frighten him to death. 蜘蛛嚇死他了。