frightened

英 [ˈfraɪtnd]

美 [ˈfraɪtnd]

adj.  惊吓的; 受惊的; 害怕的
v.  使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：frightened　过去式：frightened　

IELTSTEM8

Oxford 3000 / BNC.3398 / COCA.5786

习惯用语

adj.

be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow
• 非常胆小（或十分紧张）
  to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous
be frightened/scared/terrified out of your wits
• 吓得魂不附体
  to be very frightened

牛津词典

adj.

• 惊吓的；受惊的；害怕的
  afraid; feeling fear
  1. a frightened child
     受了惊吓的小孩
  2. Don't be frightened.
     别害怕。
  3. What are you frightened of?
     你怕什么？
  4. I'm frightened of walking home alone in the dark.
     我害怕在黑夜单独走路回家。
  5. He sounded frightened.
     他听起来受了惊。
  6. I'm too frightened to ask him now.
     现在我吓得不敢问他了。
  7. She was frightened that the plane would crash.
     她害怕飞机会坠毁。
  8. I'm frightened for him (= that he will be hurt, etc.) .
     我为他担惊受怕。
  9. I'd never do that. I'd be frightened to death .
     我绝不会干。我会吓死的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 受惊的;害怕的
  If you arefrightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen.
  1. She was frightened of flying...
     她害怕坐飞机。
  2. Miriam was too frightened to tell her family what had happened.
     米丽娅姆太害怕了，不敢告诉家人发生了什么事。

Take care not to confusefrightenedandfrightening.
注意不要混淆frightened 和 frightening。

英英释义

adj

• made afraid
  1. the frightened child cowered in the corner
  2. too shocked and scared to move
  Synonym:scared
• thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  1. became panicky as the snow deepened
  2. felt panicked before each exam
  3. trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
  4. the terrified horse bolted
  Synonym:panickypanickedpanic-strickenpanic-struckterrified

双语例句

• The little small-town banks were traditionally very frightened that Wall Street would come to dominate the whole country
  偏狭守旧的小银行通常都很害怕华尔街会控制整个国家。
• Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off
  建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房，这吓退了很多买家。
• The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors
  股票市场的猛跌吓坏了国外投资者。
• She was frightened of flying
  她害怕坐飞机。
• Growing numbers of people in the rural areas are too frightened to vote.
  越来越多生活在乡下的人被吓得不敢投票了。
• She was frightened that she would be unable to bear up under the pain of childbirth.
  她害怕自己无法承受生孩子的痛苦。
• Don't be frightened by failure, son.
  孩子，不要害怕失败。
• His formidable look frightened her.
  他可怕的神色吓坏了她。
• He made a frightened noise a little like the miaow of a cat.
  他发出了一个吓人的声音，有点像猫在叫唤。
• Victoria was strangely undisturbed by this symptom, even though her husband and family were frightened.
  尽管丈夫和家人都吓坏了，维多利亚却对这一症状出奇地淡定。