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fright noun
⇨ fear (shake with fright) ⇨ shock 2 (give sb a fright)fear noun fear ♦︎ terror ♦︎ panic ♦︎ alarm ♦︎ fright ♦︎ hysteria ♦︎ dread ♦︎ paranoia ♦︎ phobiaThese are all words for the bad feeling you have when you are afraid. 这些词均表示害怕、恐惧、恐慌。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达恐惧的程度| alarm | ➔ | fear | ➔ | panic | ➔ | terror | | | fright | | paranoia | | hysteria | | | | | dread | | | | | | | phobia | | |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a fear / terror / dread of sth◆panic / alarm / paranoia / a phobia about sth◆in fear / terror / panic / alarm / fright / dread◆fear / terror / panic / alarm / dread that...◆absolute / pure / sheer terror / panic / hysteria / dread◆to be filled with fear / terror / panic / alarm / dread◆to have a fear / panic / fright / dread / phobia◆a feeling of fear / terror / panic / alarm / hysteria / dread / paranoia■ fear [uncountable, countable] the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when sth bad might happen, or when a particular thing frightens you 害怕；惧怕；担忧◆(a) fear of the dark / spiders / flying怕黑；害怕蜘蛛／坐飞机◆Her eyes showed no fear.她的眼神毫无畏惧。◆The child was shaking with fear.那小孩吓得发抖。◆We lived in constant fear of losing our jobs.我们一直忧心忡忡，怕丢掉工作。◆He spoke of his fears for the future.他谈到了对未来的担忧。◆The doctor's report confirmed our worst fears.医生的报告证实了我们最大的担忧。 OPP hope ⇨ hope noun 2 see also fearful ⇨ afraid ▸ fear verb [transitive] (written) ◆to fear death / danger / persecution怕死；害怕危险／遭迫害◆Hundreds of people are feared dead.好几百人恐遭不测。◆We feared for their safety.我们担心他们的安全。◆Don't worry, you have nothing to fear from us.别担心，你一点也不必害怕我们。ⓘ Although there are a number of ways to use the verb fear, it is more common and usually more natural to use the expression be afraid/frightened/scared of sb/sth/doing sth. 虽然动词fear有好几种用法，但短语be afraid/frightened/scared of sb/sth/doing sth是比较常用且自然的说法。 ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ afraid 另见afraid条■ terror [uncountable, singular] a feeling of extreme fear 惊恐；恐惧；惊骇◆Her eyes were wild with terror.她的眼睛里充满恐惧。◆People fled from the explosion in terror.人们惊恐地逃离了爆炸现场。◆Some women have a terror of losing control in the birth process.有些女人惧怕在分娩过程中会失控。 see also terrified ⇨ afraid ■ panic [uncountable, countable, usually singular] a sudden feeling of great fear that cannot be controlled and prevents you from thinking clearly 惊恐；恐慌；惊慌失措◆I had a sudden moment of panic.我一下子恐慌起来。◆There's no point getting into a panic about the exams.面对考试惊慌失措是没有用的。 see also panic ⇨ panic verb , panicky , panic-stricken ⇨ hysterical ■ alarm [uncountable] a sudden or continuing feeling of worry that sth dangerous might happen or might have already happened 惊恐；惊慌；恐慌◆'What have you done?' Ellie cried in alarm.“你都干了些什么？”埃利惊恐地喊道。◆The doctor said there was no cause for alarm.医生说不必惊慌。 see also alarm ⇨ frighten verb , alarmed ⇨ afraid ■ fright [uncountable, countable] a feeling of fear, usually sudden （通常指突如其来的）惊吓，恐怖◆She cried out in fright.她吓得大声叫喊。◆He suffered from stage fright (= nervous feelings felt by performers before they appear in front of an audience).他表演前怯场。ⓘ A fright can also be an experience or an event that makes you feel fear. * fright亦可指使人受惊吓的经历、恐怖的事件。 see also fright ⇨ shock noun 2 , frighten ⇨ frighten , frightened ⇨ afraid NOTE 辨析 Fear or fright? Fright is a reaction to sth that has just happened or is happening now. Use fear, not fright, to talk about things that always frighten you and things that may happen in the future. * fright指对刚刚发生或正在发生的事情的反应。对总是使人害怕的事物和对未来可能发生的事情感到担忧均可用fear，但不能用fright◆I have a fright of spiders. ◆his fright of what might happen ■ hysteria / /hɪˈstɪəriə; NAmE hɪˈstɪriə/ [uncountable] a state of extreme excitement, fear or anger in which a person or a group of people loses control of their emotions and starts to cry, laugh, etc. 歇斯底里；情绪失控◆A note of hysteria crept into her voice.她的声音听来有点歇斯底里。◆Fear infected people with mass hysteria.恐惧让人们陷入一片歇斯底里当中。 see also hysterical ⇨ hysterical ■ dread /dred/ / [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (rather informal) a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this fear 恐惧；令人惧怕的事物◆The prospect of growing old alone fills me with dread.想到自己会孤独地渐渐老去，我害怕极了。◆She has an irrational dread of hospitals.她对医院有莫名的恐惧。▸ dread verb [transitive] ◆This was the moment he had been dreading.这是他一直最担心的时刻。◆She dreads her husband finding out.她生怕丈夫察觉出来。◆I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire.我不敢想象假如真的发生火灾会是什么情景。 OPP look forward to sth ⇨ expect ■ paranoia / /ˌpærəˈnɔɪə/ / [uncountable] (informal) fear or suspicion of other people, especially when there is no reason for this （尤指无端的）对他人的恐惧（或怀疑）◆his paranoia that people might find out他对人们可能会有所察觉的无端恐惧 see also paranoid ⇨ afraid ■ phobia /ˈfəʊbiə; NAmE ˈfoʊbiə/ [countable] (rather formal) a strong unreasonable fear or hatred of sth 恐怖症，恐惧症（莫名的极度恐惧）◆He has a phobia about flying.他有飞行恐惧症。◆One of the symptoms of the disease is water phobia.这种病的其中一个症状是恐水。ⓘ Phobia is also used in compounds to make the names of particular phobias. * phobia亦用于表示某种恐惧症的复合词中◆arachnophobia (= fear of spiders) 蜘蛛恐惧症◆claustrophobia (= fear of enclosed spaces) 幽闭恐惧症◆xenophobia (= fear or hatred of people from other countries) 恐外症 shock2 noun a feeling of shock 震惊的感觉It came as a shock. 这是件让人吃惊的事。shock ♦︎ scare ♦︎ frightThese are all words for a thing or event that causes a sudden feeling of fear. 这些词均表示让人震惊或恐慌的事。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to get / have a shock / scare / fright◆to give sb a shock / scare / fright■ shock [countable] an unexpected event that causes a sudden feeling, especially an unpleasant one 令人震惊的事◆The news of his death came as a shock to us all.他的死讯传来，我们大家都感到震惊。◆ (informal) If you think it'll be easy, you're in for a shock!如果你以为这很容易，那你会大吃一惊的！■ scare [countable] a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about sth; something that causes you to be suddenly worried or frightened about sth 恐慌；恐惧；令人恐慌的事◆There was a bomb scare at the airport.机场发生了炸弹恐慌。◆recent scares about pesticides in food近来人们对含杀虫剂食物的恐慌◆Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking.两年前莱斯的健康亮了红灯，医生要求他少喝酒。■ fright [usually singular, countable] an experience that makes you feel afraid 让人害怕的经历；恐怖的经历◆Did I give you a fright? Sorry.我吓着你了吗？对不起啦。ⓘ In this meaning fright is usually used in the patterns to give sb a fright and to have a fright. * fright表达此义时通常用在to give sb a fright和to have a fright结构中。 see also fright ⇨ fear noun |