| 单词 | horrify |
| 释义 | horrify verb[T] uk/ˈhɒr.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈhɔːr.ə.faɪ/toshocksomeone very much: 使极为震惊Thisnewswill horrify myparents.这条消息会让我的父母很震惊的。 Synonym alarm Making people sad, shocked and upset
horrify| American Dictionaryhorrify verb[T] us/ˈhɔr·əˌfɑɪ,ˈhɑr-/tocausesomeone toexperienceshock,fear, ordisgust: Thepublicwas horrified by theamountofpollutionin thelake. fig.He was horrified tofindthat I had never been to acountyfair. horrifyingadjectiveus/ˈhɔr·əˌfɑɪ·ɪŋ,ˈhɑr-/ Wesawsome horrifyingpicturesof theeffectsof thestorm. Examplesofhorrifyhorrify He would have been horrified at the suggestion that economics was "built on broad ethical foundations" (2005: 225). From theCambridge English Corpus He was horrified by her question and shamed her, threatening to tell her parents if she ever mentioned it again. From theCambridge English Corpus The audience reaction is subjective, amused, fascinated, delighted, horrified, just like the feathered watchers in the border. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, he was horrified at the theoretical emphasis and fragmentation of all musical study. From theCambridge English Corpus I am not sure whether to be horrified by this trend, or to applaud it. From theCambridge English Corpus It would also seek to impose a degree of ideological control which would have startled and probably horrified the humanist intellectuals of the sixteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus She recognises that both writers have contributed to our ' horrified fascination ' and ' cultural fears ' of growing old (p. x). From theCambridge English Corpus When read from the perspective of virtuous aesthetic activity, his work generates only weary acceptance or horrified denial. From theCambridge English Corpus I'm sure the author would have been horrified to have known the effect that had been given. From theCambridge English Corpus They are horrifying, furthermore, precisely because they are seen to occupy the border between human and nonhuman. From theCambridge English Corpus She was horrified to see thousands, who doubtless had once sat and cheered her, homeless and hungry. From theCambridge English Corpus It is horrified and its calculations are confounded by the solidity of these enormous masses opposed to their accumulated ruins. From theCambridge English Corpus While he might have understood better than many the inherent difficulty of combining absolute sovereignty with mixed constitutionalism, his contemporaries were nevertheless horrified. From theCambridge English Corpus It is always intriguing, and occasionally horrifying, to see what one has written refracted through another person's eyes. From theCambridge English Corpus Though it made for thrilling newspaper copy, an expectant public were horrified by the tragedy; sensational news was soon followed by bitter charges and debates. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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