frightening的意思|frightening的解释-里氏词典

frightening ['fraitəniŋ]

a. 令人恐惧的, 引起突然惊恐的

The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。
The jet zoomed low over the houses, frightening everyone.
那架喷气式飞机低飞掠过房顶, 隆隆声把大家吓了一跳.

frightening

[ noun ]

the act of inspiring with fear

<noun.act>

[ adj ]

causing fear or dread or terror

<adj.all>

the awful war

an awful risk

dire news

a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked

the dread presence of the headmaster

polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was

a dreadful storm

a fearful howling

horrendous explosions shook the city

a terrible curse

Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.]
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
fright; to affright; to terrify.

More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.

Twelve-page pink pamphlets are being handed out on street corners across the country, sounding frightening alarms in bold-face type about Ritalin, a prescription drug used for three decades to calm hyperactive children.
For his wife, adjusting to life as the head of her household is frightening.
For Soviets accustomed to hearing that crime was a product of capitalist exploitation and would disappear under socialism, such reports _ now possible under Gorbachev's policy of greater openness _ are perplexing and frightening.
What is truly frightening is that despite our knowledge we continue to subsidise activities without regard to their devastating environmental - and economic - impacts,' said Mr George Miller, the committee's chairman.
"It's frightening to think that a bomb could be hidden in something as small as that.
It was quite frightening.
Werner Friedrich, deputy director of the Swiss Hotel Association, told Bern's Der Bund newspaper the prospect was "frightening." "Such a change of food laws would definitely overstep the boundaries of good taste," he was quoted as saying.
"A cardiac arrest is a very frightening thing, especially if the victim is your spouse," notes Douglas P. Zipes, professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Charged falsetto shrieks flew out of the dark like frightening coiled serpents.
Just who will make the elite list of 300 Alzheimer's patients and how they will be chosen will be interesting and somewhat frightening to watch.
He continued to humiliate us, not to mention a mock execution in June 1987 which was particularly frightening," the French reporter was quoted as saying.
However, Chinese airlines are often frightening, despite recent improvements.
Even more frightening to lawyers than simply losing a case was the decision in the Penthouse suit.
"It's kind of frightening to have all your experience with a large corporation, and then jump into a two- or three-man company," he says.
One of the most frightening events of his imprisonment was being flown from one military prison to another.
Meanwhile, those who came back to the United States on Monday said they were relieved to be free after more than four frightening, boring and unpleasant months as captives.
The stress that he's feeling is normal." Ms. Johnson said she didn't think Bakker had faked his breakdown. She said Bakker told her that journalists at the courthouse took on the form of frightening animals.
But it is a new agenda, a frightening one in many respects, an unfamiliar one in all respects.
"We are very concerned about the potential for disruption having an effect on the animals, frightening the animals," Langley said, noting that McGee's unspecified disruption could involve anything from mass whistle-blowing to tossing fireworks.
It is frightening that the explanations of Monday's stock-market crash do not mention monetary policy and rising interest rates.
But she said the attack was "an isolated incident and doesn't affect what may happen in the future." A social worker supervisor, who asked for anonymity, said that when she once came in on a Saturday she found it "quite frightening.
"In fact, there is an oversupply," McKenzie said. "We are speaking most urgently about realigning the system of health care delivery." In analyzing the findings, the report said "the picture painted here is frightening.
Speaking in London as the election campaign opened, Mr Occhetto forecast a 'frightening future' for Italy if Mr Berlusconi's right-wing Forza Italia movement wins.
Anthropologist and former congressional aide Jack Weatherford has circled the globe to study primitive societies but he still thinks "Washington is far more frightening" than any place he's visited.
Any concentration of power is oppressive; the concentration of economic power is frightening.
Now the government probably could even survive the death of Mrs. Aquino, the most frightening nightmare to trouble Filipinos during her 15 months of one-woman rule.
(AP) - This town's former jail is being converted for the "Haunted Crack House II: The Horror of Using Drugs Continues," the sequel to last year's frightening look at the dangers of drug use.
She laughs, cries and shares secrets with them, trying to make death a little less frightening.
For the last two years, scientists have been appearing before an ever widening circle of House and Senate committees to deliver frightening warnings about global warming called the greenhouse effect.
Designer haggis is rather a frightening thought. In its eternal wisdom the Arts Council has decided, according to its spokeswoman, to promote civil war in Scotland by pitting Glasgow's amazing talent against the dazzling genius of Edinburgh.

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