terrify
verbto make somebody feel extremely frightened 使恐惧；使十分害怕；使惊吓 - terrify somebody
Flying terrifies her. 她害怕坐飞机。 Stop it! You’re terrifying the children! 住手。你吓着孩子们了！ - terrify somebody into (doing) something
He terrified employees at the bank into handing over cash. 他恐吓银行职员交出现金。
Synonyms frightenfrightenTopics Feelingsb2- scare
- alarm
- terrify
- frighten to make somebody feel afraid, often suddenly:
He brought out a gun and frightened them off. 他掏出一把枪，把他们吓跑了。
- scare to make somebody feel afraid:
They managed to scare the bears away. 他们设法把那些熊吓跑了。
- alarm to make somebody anxious or afraid:
It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously. 谁都不认真对待这个问题，我非常担心。
- terrify to make somebody feel extremely afraid:
Flying terrified her. 她害怕坐飞机。
frighten or scare? 用 frighten 还是 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.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus ‘frightening’, from terrere ‘frighten’.- terrify somebody