dreads

英 [dredz]

美 [dredz]

v.  非常害怕; 极为担心
n.  恐惧; 令人惧怕的事物
dread的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 非常担心;极为害怕
  If youdreadsomething which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
  1. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
     今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
  2. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
     说实话,我生怕回来。
  3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day...
     我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
  4. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
     我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
• N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧
  Dreadis a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
  1. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
     她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
• ADJ 可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreadmeans terrible and greatly feared.
  1. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
     对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
• ADJ 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
  You can usedreadto describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
  1. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
     令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
• See also:dreaded
• PHRASE 不敢想
  If you say that youdread to thinkwhat might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  1. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
     我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
  2. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
     我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

双语例句

• The child dreads going to bed in the dark.
  这孩子不敢在黑暗中去睡觉。
• He dreads that of he tells her the truth she'll leave him.
  他害怕如果告诉她真相的话，她会离开他。
• The average programmer dreads the coming of the bird, for he fears its message.
  中级程序员担心这只鸟的到来，因为害怕它带来的消息。
• It's common to resolve to lose weight, but any sane person dreads a diet's dulling effect on the brain.
  这是决心减肥的人普遍都会忧虑的问题&任何从事脑力劳动的人都害怕节食会使大脑由于供能不足而变得迟钝。
• It's the moment any woman dreads running into an ex, especially if they happen to be with a new slimmer partner.
  每个女人都会害怕这样的时刻：遇见前男友，特别是当他带着比自己苗条的新欢。
• The job carries plenty of perks-a limo is mighty tempting to a girl whose Mustang can barely make it up a hill-but Mia's a shy type who dreads the spotlight a royal perch would bring.
  公主这差事固然有许多好处――正如对于只有一辆爬坡都费力的老爷车的女孩子来说，豪华轿车实在是不可抗拒的诱惑；然而，米娅生性腼腆害怕皇室高位带来的聚光灯。
• For anybody who dreads the emergence of an undifferentiated world, the sights, sounds and smells of the criminal underworld are still refreshingly varied.
  任何人都害怕世界突然变得不同。表层之下的犯罪依然很有活力的活跃着。
• Although the ordinary stream of people have quickly, reliably, the bleeding time not long merit, but the huge aching feeling makes the innumerable feminine heart to live dreads.
  普通人流虽然具有快捷、可靠、出血时间不长的优点，但是巨大的疼痛感令无数的女性心生畏惧。
• A burnt child dreads the fire.
  挨过烫的孩子最怕火。
• A burned child dreads the fire.
  一次被火烧，见火就害怕。