ADJ-GRADED [ADJ to-infinitive]受惊的;害怕的 If you are frightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen. 受惊的;害怕的
She was frightened of flying. [+ of]
她害怕坐飞机。
Miriam was too frightened to tell her family what had happened.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound害怕;感到害怕;看上去很害怕;似乎很害怕;聽上去嚇壞了▸➤become, get害怕起來◇I got frightened when he lost his temper.他大發脾氣,把我嚇壞了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常害怕▸➤badly, genuinely, terribly被嚇壞了;確實被嚇壞了;非常害怕▸➤almost幾乎被嚇着了▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/有幾分害怕▸➤suddenly突然受驚PREPOSITION➤about對⋯感到害怕◇I was nervous and frightened about the future.我對將來感到不安和害怕。➤by被⋯嚇着了◇Most of us are frightened by our emotions.我們中大多數的人對自己的情緒感到害怕。➤of對⋯感到害怕◇I'm rather frightened of dogs.我有些怕狗。PHRASES➤frightened out of your wits, frightened to death (bothinformal) 嚇傻了;嚇得半死◇She was frightened to death when she saw her small daughter on the edge of the cliff.看到她小女兒站在懸崖邊上,她嚇得半死。➤too frightened (of sb/sth) to do sth因為(⋯)而嚇得不敢做⋯◇My friend is too frightened of my father to come to our house.我的朋友太害怕我父親了,不敢到我家來。