frighten

verb

1. cause fear in

e.g. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her

Synonym: frightscareaffright

2. drive out by frightening

1. 使惊恐;使害怕;吓唬
If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.

e.g. He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear...
他知道索利是想吓唬他，所以他挤出笑容掩饰自己的恐惧。
e.g. Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.
大多数孩子见到血就害怕。

2. 使吓得魂飞魄散;使吓破了胆
If something frightens the life out of you, frightens the wits out of you, or frightens you out of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock.

e.g. Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you.
露天游乐场的飞车就是想把人吓丢了魂儿。

3. 吓跑;吓走;把…吓得躲远
If you frighten away a person or animal or frighten them off, you make them afraid so that they run away or stay some distance away from you.

e.g. The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish...
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
e.g. He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.
他向空中开枪，希望枪声能把它们吓走。

4. 使吓得不敢打交道(或参与)
To frighten someone away or frighten them off means to make them nervous so that they decide not to become involved with a particular person or activity.

e.g. Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off...
建屋互助协会收回未偿清房贷的住房，这吓退了很多买家。
e.g. The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
政府确信炸弹袭击者的目的是想吓跑外国投资者。

5. 吓得…做…
If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.

frighten的解释

e.g. He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
他恃强欺弱，总是想吓得人们按他的意愿做事。

相关词组：frighten awayfrighten intofrighten off

1. frighten什么意思

1. 吓：现在我的野人掌握的有嘲笑(taunt),用以减低敌人的防护力;警告(alert)用以提升自己人的感知能力;恐吓(frighten)用以下退附近的生物. 虽然现在没有定量化的测试,但是看来野蛮人比其它角色的攻击力升级速度快,而魔法力的升级速度则要比其它人慢.

2. frighten的近义词

2. 惊吓：如第4(答案A)、5(答案B)、6(答案C)题,作者坐着不动 (still),因为他不想惊吓 (frighten) 生病的妹妹;父亲用镇静的 (calm) 声音说话,体现了大人临危不惧,也不想引起孩子恐慌的心理.

3. frighten的近义词

3. 吓坏：6 B 逻辑推理词义比较 Kate不可能失去(l0se)、也不会烦恼(trouble) 或伤害其妹妹,而是怕吓坏(frighten)了她而坐着不动. 7 C逻辑推理父亲和Kate一样,不会大声(loud)地、痛苦(sad)地、也没有闲情(pleasant)地说,