2PHRASE 使吓得魂飞魄散;使吓破了胆 If something frightens the life out of you, frightens the wits out of you, or frightens you out of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock. 使吓得魂飞魄散;使吓破了胆 [emphasis]
Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.
露天游乐场的飞车就是想把人吓丢了魂儿。
3PHRASAL VERB 吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲远 If you frighten away a person or animal or frighten them off, you make them afraid so that they run away or stay some distance away from you. 吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲远
The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish.
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.
他向空中开枪,希望枪声能把它们吓走。
4PHRASAL VERB 使吓得不敢打交道(或参与) To frighten someone away or frighten them off means to make them nervous so that they decide not to become involved with a particular person or activity. 使吓得不敢打交道(或参与)
Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off.
建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房,这吓退了很多买家。
The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
政府确信炸弹袭击者的目的是想吓跑外国投资者。
5PHRASAL VERB 吓得…做… If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it. 吓得…做…
He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
ADVERB | VERB + FRIGHTEN | PHRASESADVERB➤really真正嚇着◇The prospect of war really frightens me.戰爭的即將到來真的把我嚇壞了。➤almost幾乎嚇到▸➤easily很容易受驚◇a man who doesn't frighten easily(= become frightened easily)不輕易受驚的男子VERB + FRIGHTEN➤want to想嚇▸➤not mean to不是故意想嚇◇I didn't mean to frighten you.我不是故意想嚇你。➤try to試圖嚇PHRASES➤frighten sb to death, frighten the life out of sb (BrE, bothinformal) 把某人嚇得要死◇Don't creep around like that! You frightened me to death!不要這樣躡手躡腳地到處走!你嚇死我了!
frighten ♦︎ scare ♦︎ alarm ♦︎ terrify ♦︎ traumatize ♦︎ spookThese words all mean to make sb afraid.这些词均表示使害怕、使恐惧。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达使人恐惧的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to frighten / scare sb / sth away / off◆to frighten / scare / terrify sb into doing sth◆It frightens / scares / alarms / terrifies me that...◆It frightens / scares / alarms / terrifies me to think, see, etc.■frighten [transitive] to make sb feel afraid, often suddenly(常为突如其来地)使惊吓,使惊恐◆Stop it! You're frightening me!住手!你吓着我了!◆Oh sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you.哦,对不起,我没有吓唬你的意思。◆He brought out a gun and frightened them off.他掏出一把枪,把他们吓跑了。 see also frightened ⇨ afraid, fright ⇨ fearnoun, intimidate ⇨ threaten1■scare [transitive] (ratherinformal) to frighten sb使惊吓;使惊恐◆It scared me to think I was alone in the building.想到楼里只有我一个人,怪害怕的。◆They managed to scare the bears away.他们设法把那些熊吓跑了。◆ (informal) The very thought of flying scares him silly / stiff.光是想到坐飞机,他就吓傻了。 see also scared ⇨ afraidNOTE辨析 Frighten or scare?Scare is slightly more informal than frighten, so it is used more in spoken than in written English. Both verbs can also be used without an object, but this is not very frequent.比起frighten,scare略非正式,因此多用于口语而非书面语中。这两个动词均可不带宾语,但此用法不太常见◆He doesn't frighten / scare easily.他不是轻易能吓倒的。 It is more natural to say下面的说法更自然◆Nothing frightens / scares him.什么也吓不倒他。or或◆He doesn't get frightened / scared easily.他不是轻易能吓倒的。■alarm [transitive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) to make sb anxious or afraid使惊恐;使害怕;使担心◆It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.没有人认真对待这个问题,这令我非常担心。◆The captain knew there was a problem but didn't want to alarm the passengers.船长知道出了问题,但他不想惊动乘客。ⓘ Alarm is used when sb has a feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous might happen in the future; the feeling is often more one of worry than actual fear. * alarm用以描述感到不快或危险之事可能要发生的心情,多为忧虑而非真的害怕。 see also alarm ⇨ fearnoun, alarmed ⇨ afraid, startle ⇨ surpriseverb■terrify [transitive] to make sb feel extremely afraid使极为恐惧;使十分害怕◆Flying terrified her.她很怕坐飞机。◆He terrified employees at the bank into handing over cash.他恐吓银行职员交出现金。 see also terrified ⇨ afraid■traumatize (BrE alsotraumatise) ˈtrɔːmətaɪz; NAmEˈtraʊmətaɪz [transitive, usually passive] to make sb feel very upset, afraid or shocked, often making them unable to think or work normally使受精神创伤◆We were traumatized by what we saw.我们所看到的景象令我们精神受创。◆He was traumatized for life.他的精神创伤终生未愈。 see also trauma ⇨ nightmare, traumatic ⇨ painful2■spookspuːk [transitive] (informal) to frighten a person or animal吓,惊吓(人或动物)◆We were spooked by the strange noises and lights.那奇怪的声音和亮光把我们吓坏了。