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单词 startle
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startle
verb[T]
uk
/ˈstɑː.təl/us
/ˈstɑːr.t̬əl/
to do somethingunexpectedthatsurprisesand sometimesworriesapersonoranimal:
使大吃一惊；使受惊，使吓一跳
She wasconcentratingon herbookand hisvoicestartled her.她正在聚精会神地看书，被他的声音吓了一跳。
Thenoiseof thecarstartled thebirdsand thewholeflockflewup into theair.汽车声把一大群鸟惊吓得呼啦啦地飞了起来。
Herarticleondietstartled manypeopleintochangingtheireatinghabits.她那篇有关饮食的文章使很多人惶惶不安，开始改变饮食习惯。
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startled
(Definition ofstartlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

startle| American Dictionary

startle
verb[T]
us
/ˈstɑrt̬·əl/
tosurpriseapersonoranimal:
She startled him when she saidhello.

startling

adjectiveus
/ˈstɑrt̬·əl·ɪŋ/
We’ve made some startlingdiscoveries.
(Definition ofstartlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstartle

startle
The results of these exercises are often startling.
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One weakness immediately presents itself, the obvious novelty of the theoretical field for many contributors, yielding blunders startling in published work.
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The imbalance in the number of people living in the set number of constituencies in each region, however, is startling.
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The judgment was peculiar in that it relied upon absence to startling effect.
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This assertion would have been unremarkable in 1901; in 2001 it probably looks fresh and maybe even startling to many readers.
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Under conditions of threat, the eye-blinkstartleresponse is larger than under neutral or positive conditions.
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The sudden open space after the road walk was startling and made my presence feel insignificant.
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Involvement of the dorsal periaqueductal gray in the loss of fear potentiatedstartleaccompanied by high foot shock training.
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Based on animal studies, increasedstartleresponses are postulated to represent an increase in amygdala function.
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Even if attention is restricted just to vision, the diversity among perceptibles is startling.
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Lesions of the amygdala, but not of the cerebellum, block conditioned fear measured with the potentiatedstartleparadigm.
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Fear-potentiatedstartleis another measure that may be used with even very young children, and could shed light on the development of stress neurobiology.
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Neural systems involved in fear and anxiety measured with fear-potentiatedstartle.
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Corticotrophin-releasing factor potentiates acousticstartlein rats : blockade by chlordiazepoxide.
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The (perhaps) startling result is that heap-allocated frames have almost the same cost as stack frames.
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