4PHRASE 不敢设想;想到…不寒而栗 If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it. 不敢设想;想到…不寒而栗 [feelings]
I shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn't acted as quickly as he did.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHUDDER | SHUDDER + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, slight, small, tiny輕微的戰慄▸➤deep, great, violent劇烈的戰慄;猛烈的顫抖▸➤involuntary不由自主的戰慄VERB + SHUDDER➤give發抖◇She gave a little shudder when she touched his clammy hand.摸到他濕冷的手時,她微微一顫。➤feel感到戰慄▸➤repress, suppress抑制住戰慄◇He suppressed a shudder of disgust.他忍着沒有因厭惡而顫抖。➤send使顫抖◇The sight of the body sent a shudder through him.看到那屍體,他渾身一陣戰慄。SHUDDER + VERB➤go through sb/sth, pass through sb/sth, rack sb/sth, run through sb/sth戰慄傳遍⋯;⋯渾身顫抖◇A shudder of pain racked his body.他全身痛苦地顫抖着。PREPOSITION➤with a shudder一顫◇He remembered that awful moment with a shudder.想起那可怕的時刻,他一陣戰慄。➤shudder of⋯的顫抖◇a shudder of relief解脫的顫抖shudder
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ADVERB | VERB + SHUDDER | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤convulsively, uncontrollably, violently痙攣性地/控制不住地/劇烈地顫抖▸➤slightly輕微戰慄▸➤involuntarily不由自主地戰慄◇She shuddered involuntarily as he approached her.他向她走來時,她不由自主地顫抖起來。➤inwardly內心發抖➤visibly明顯發抖VERB + SHUDDER➤make sb令某人顫抖◇The sight of the dead body made them shudder.一看到死屍,他們就戰慄起來。PREPOSITION➤at因⋯顫抖◇She shuddered at the memory of school exams.想起學校的考試,她就一陣哆嗦。➤in因⋯顫抖◇Joe shuddered in disgust.喬厭惡得直發抖。➤through顫抖着傳遍⋯◇A deep sigh shuddered through her body.她哆哆嗦嗦地深深歎了一口氣。➤with由於⋯顫抖◇His whole body shuddered with fury.他氣得渾身發抖。PHRASES➤shudder at the thought (of sth)一想到(⋯)就戰慄◇I shuddered at the thought of going back to school.一想到要回學校上學我就哆嗦。