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terrify

verb
 
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they terrify
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪ/
he / she / it terrifies
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪz/
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪz/
past simple terrified
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪd/
past participle terrified
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-ing form terrifying
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. to 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!停下来！你吓坏了孩子们！
    • 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 frightenfrighten
    • scare
    • alarm
    • terrify
    These words all mean to make somebody afraid.
    • 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。
      Alarm is used when somebody has a feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen in the future; the feeling is often more one of worry than actual fear.
    • terrify to make somebody feel extremely afraid:
      • Flying terrified her.她害怕坐飞机。
    frighten or scare?用 frighten 还是 scare？Scare is slightly more informal than frighten.Patterns
    • 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.
    Topics Feelingsb2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus ‘frightening’, from terrere ‘frighten’.