dreading

英 [ˈdredɪŋ]

美 [ˈdredɪŋ]

v.  非常害怕; 极为担心
dread的现在分词

现在分词：dreading　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 非常担心;极为害怕
  If youdreadsomething which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
  1. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
     今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
  2. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
     说实话,我生怕回来。
  3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day...
     我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
  4. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
     我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
• N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧
  Dreadis a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
  1. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
     她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
• ADJ 可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreadmeans terrible and greatly feared.
  1. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
     对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
• ADJ 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
  You can usedreadto describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
  1. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
     令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
• See also:dreaded
• PHRASE 不敢想
  If you say that youdread to thinkwhat might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  1. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
     我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
  2. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
     我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

双语例句

• After reading some of the reviews on here I was actually dreading my stay at this hotel but I found the rooms ( 3) we had well above what I expected.
  度过这里酒店评价之后我真的很担心我住这家酒店会不会让我很不舒服，但是进到我订到的房间之后我发觉完整超乎我的设想。
• I was dreading the next day because I knew we wouldn't have any macaroni at home.
  我非常担心第二天的事，因为我很清楚家里不会有通心粉。
• It felt wrong to be dreading work at such a young age.
  年纪轻轻就对工作感到厌烦，实在太不应该。
• I'm dreading Christmas this year
  今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
• Let your manager know that you're looking forward to your evaluation, not dreading it.
  让你的经理知道你对评估的期许，不要害怕它。
• This was the moment I'd been dreading for the past six months.
  我魂牵梦绕了六个多月的时刻终于来了。
• I had been dreading, but half-expecting, this call for quite some time.
  有很长一段时间，对于这个电话我一直提心吊胆，但也在意料之中。
• All morning I was dreading lunch, fearing his bizarre glares.
  整个早上我都在惧怕着午餐，害怕他异乎寻常的怒视。
• Tuesday afternoon, one worker said she was dreading the commute home.
  星期二下午，一名工人说，想到回家的路途就令她忐忑不安。
• I am eager to get away from work but I am dreading what will happen next.
  我是热切得离开工作但我畏惧我下一步。