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单词 terrify
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terrify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈter.ə.faɪ/us
/ˈter.ə.faɪ/
B2
tofrightensomeone very much:
使害怕，使恐惧
Theideaofparachutingout of aplaneterrifies me.一想到从飞机上跳伞，我就害怕。
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frighten
scareverb
terrorize
More examples
  • Ourmathsteacherterrified all thechildren.
  • I'm terrified byspiders.
  • Thethoughtof beingstuckundergroundterrified him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Frightening and scaring
  • chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
  • cow
  • creep
  • curdle
  • daylight
  • dreadful
  • flesh
  • ghoulish
  • jump scare
  • makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
  • makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
  • makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
  • scare
  • scaresomeoneinto doingsomething
  • scaresomeoneshitlessidiom
  • scaremongering
  • send
  • send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
  • shiver
  • the heebie-jeebies
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(Definition ofterrifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

terrify| American Dictionary

terrify
verb[T]
us
/ˈter·əˌfɑɪ/
tofrightensomeoneseverely:
Hislooksare enough to terrify anyone.

terrified

adjectiveus
/ˈter·əˌfɑɪd/
She’s always been terrified ofspiders.

terrifying

adjectiveus
/ˈter·əˌfɑɪ·ɪŋ/
a terrifyingexperience
(Definition ofterrifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofterrify

terrify
Cloning is both attractive and terrifying if we assume that personhood is an isolated and genetically defined quality dictated by phenotype alone.
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This is a terrific book, as in terrifying and awe-inspiring.
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In this state, one's subjective consciousness is focused on one internally generated, usually terrifying, image or belief.
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From caves in this rock, terrifying forces can emerge - powerful enough to cause appalling destruction.
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The intense stimulation and threat attendant to partner violence is highly arousing and even terrifying for the child witness.
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Nonetheless, the lake route had perils of its own, as storms could appear with terrifying abruptness in certain seasons.
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And every moment he felt that despite all his efforts he was drawing nearer and nearer to what terrified him.
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Now it sounded grotesque, terrifying, this violation, this battering of music.
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That people function so badly in our experiments, where self-interest is relatively minimal, is what is really terrifying.
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It is an experience both dizzying and terrifying; yet its intensity can be life-altering.
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Business had moved from being terrified about a possible socialist economic policy, to commending the performance of communists in the cabinet.
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A person who becomes ill presents terrifying symptoms that cause panic : jaundice, high fever, internal hemorrhage and vomiting of black blood.
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The bird is terrified and tries to fly away from the kite.
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The answer to the above question is that by and large the system was neither a personal disaster nor did itterrifythe public.
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Such a desperate struggle to attain understanding raged within him that it was terrifying to look upon his face.
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