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单词 terrorize
释义
terrorize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyterrorise)
uk
/ˈter.ə.raɪz/us
/ˈter.ə.raɪz/
to make someonefeelveryfrightenedbythreateningtokillorhurtthem:
恐吓，威胁；使惊恐不安
Streetgangshave been terrorizing theneighbourhood.一直以来，街头流氓团伙闹得四邻不安。
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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 ofterrorizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofterrorize

terrorize
Nevertheless, the impermissibility of the act is still established on grounds other than the presence of the intention to harm andterrorize.
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How she manages to persuade, cajole, andterrorizecolleagues to undertake reviews and, more importantly, to deliver them on time is a well-kept secret.
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Is it permissible to threaten to do what it is impermissible actually to do as a way of terrorizing?
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He wrote to impress, to shock, to frighten andterrorize.
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I reckon these are efforts toterrorizeand sow discord.
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So perhaps producing terror by threatening to do what it is impermissible to do is wrong if it will not also benefit those terrorized.
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You don't want to spread terror in the community to people who don't need to be terrorized.
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The destiny of reason is to beckon faith, notterrorizeit.
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He also intends death, but not necessarily toterrorizeothers.
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This contrasts with a painful means of doing what is in their self-interest (as when weterrorizesomeone to get him to escape a flood).
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Harming and terrorizing are also a goal of action but are not sufficient on their own.
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If the victims act shamefully, then they may wish they had been harmed instead of terrorized in this way.
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He may choose between nonserious harming and terrorizing on these grounds.
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Much depended on one's ability to impress orterrorizethe target.
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Perhaps it involves the agent not only intending harm and terror but also intending that those harmed and terrorized know that it is his intention to harm andterrorizethem.
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