frightening
英 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的现在分词
现在分词：frightening
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5558 / COCA.5540
牛津词典
adj.
- 引起恐惧的；使惊恐的；骇人的
making you feel afraid- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法 - It's frightening to think it could happen again.
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something isfrightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
那段经历太恐怖了，他们表现得非常勇敢。 - The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
英英释义
noun
- the act of inspiring with fear
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
双语例句
- One day, I hear frightening news: we are being shipped to another camp.
然后的一天，我听到一个可怕的消息：我们要被转移到另一个集中营。 - I read a frightening story which took place in a haunted house.
我读了一篇可怕的故事，这个故事发生在常常闹鬼的房子里。 - I know it must be a frightening experience for you, evelyn.
艾芙琳，我知道那对你是个很可怕的经验。 - I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake.
我曾意外地遇到过一条毒蛇，吓得我要命。 - I think they are cruel and frightening.
我认为他们很残忍而且吓人。 - Though I find these fallacies to be laughable, I also find them rather frightening.
虽然我觉得这些谬误很可笑，我也觉得它们相当可怕。 - I know. it's surprising how frightening things attract us.
我知道，很奇怪吓人的东西怎样吸引我们。 - It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack.
那是一次非常恶劣且骇人的攻击。 - She speaks horrid things in her sleep, frightening the servants.
她在睡眠中自语着恐怖的事情，吓坏了她的佣人。 - It's a frightening thing to kill so many miners in the accident.
那么多矿工在事故中遇难身亡，真是太可怕了。