terrify的意思

terrify

英式音标['tɛrɪfaɪ]
美式英标['terɪfaɪ]

基本解释

vt. 恐吓；使恐怖；使害怕

中文词源

terrify 使恐惧，使惊吓

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-fy,使。

英文词源

terrify (v.): 1570s, from Latin terrificare "to frighten, make afraid," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific). Related: Terrified; terrifying.

实用例句

1. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?: 恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？

2. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.: 他们在该地区的行动是精心谋划的，意在恐吓土地所有者放弃手中的地产。

3. Don't let the title of Kelly's book terrify you.: 不要被凯利的著作的名称吓到.

4. The aim of the terrorists is to terrify people!: 恐怖份子的目的就是令大众感到恐慌!

5. Now, it's the thoughts in our head that terrify us the most.: 现在, 令我们感到最害怕的,是我们自己头脑中的想法.

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