panics

英 [ˈpænɪks]

美 [ˈpænɪks]

n.  惊恐; 恐慌; 人心惶惶的局面; 惶恐不安
v.  (使)惊慌，惊慌失措
panic的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 恐慌；惊慌失措
  Panicis a very strong feeling of anxiety or fear, which makes you act without thinking carefully.
  1. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population...
     首都发生了地震，引发民众恐慌。
  2. I phoned the doctor in a panic, crying that I'd lost the baby.
     我惊慌失措地给医生打电话，哭着说我的孩子没了。
• N-UNCOUNT 恐慌局面；人心惶惶的状态
  Panicora panicis a situation in which people are affected by a strong feeling of anxiety.
  1. There was a moment of panic in Britain as it became clear just how vulnerable the nation was...
     一时间，英国出现了大恐慌，因为人们清楚地看到了英国有多么不堪一击。
  2. I'm in a panic about getting everything done in time...
     我一阵手忙脚乱，想及时做完所有事情。
  3. The policy announcement caused panic buying of petrol.
     那则政策公告引发了汽油抢购风潮。
• V-ERG （使）惊慌失措；（使）恐慌
  If youpanicor if someonepanicsyou, you suddenly feel anxious or afraid, and act quickly and without thinking carefully.
  1. Guests panicked and screamed when the bomb exploded...
     ***爆炸后，客人们惊慌失措，尖声惊叫。
  2. The unexpected and sudden memory briefly panicked her...
     突然间莫名涌起的回忆让她心头一紧。
  3. She refused to be panicked into a hasty marriage.
     她不愿因恐慌而仓促结婚。

双语例句

• Given the tendency of market participants to follow each other in blind panics of excitement or depression, it is important that the rules that define capital requirements and accounting disclosures should hinder such lemming-like behaviour.
  考虑到在兴奋或沮丧的恐慌之中，市场参与者倾向于盲目从众，因此重要的是，明确资本要求和会计披露的规则应该阻止这种像旅鼠一样的行为。
• Jackson's actions helped precipitate the sharp business panics that occurred in1834and1837.
  杰克逊的做法加速了1834年和1837年发生的经济恐慌。
• Everybody panics before they get married. I mean, didn't you?
  每个人在结婚前都有些心神不定，你是不是这样？
• He panics, but Will convinces him to continue pretending to be Will's daemon.
  他恐慌，但会说服他继续假装会的服务。
• Don't worry! She panics when she sees a cockroach.
  别担心！她看到蟑螂会惊慌。
• Hardly anybody now remembers MODS and rockers, but Stan prefigured all moral panics of the last 40 years.
  摩登派和摇滚派如今已被淡忘，但过去40年内所有的道德恐慌都没有超出科恩设想的模式。
• There was a nasty downside: unexpected withdrawals by country banks triggered panics.
  这种行为有一个凶险之处：假如乡村银行骤然取走款项，就可能引发恐慌情绪。
• Moral panics serve to express the desired social order: brave policemen good, independent young people bad.
  道德恐慌起到的作用是表述理想的社会秩序：勇敢的警察是好人，独立的年轻人是坏人。
• During the last quarter of the19th century and the beginning of the20th century the United States economy went through a series of financial panics.
  在最后一个季度的19世纪和20世纪初美国经济经历了一系列的金融恐慌。
• But if his doctrine was so effective as a remedy for crisis, why did the panics and collapses of the great depression occur?
  但如果他的学说对于补救危机如此有效，那么为什么在大萧条时期还出现了恐慌和崩溃呢？