frightening
英 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的现在分词
现在分词：frightening
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5558 / COCA.5540
牛津词典
adj.
- 引起恐惧的；使惊恐的；骇人的
making you feel afraid- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法 - It's frightening to think it could happen again.
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something isfrightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
那段经历太恐怖了，他们表现得非常勇敢。 - The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
英英释义
noun
- the act of inspiring with fear
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- 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
双语例句
- I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake.
我曾意外地遇到过一条毒蛇，吓得我要命。 - Not so far as I can see. That is really frightening.
迄今为止，我还看不到。这的确非常可怕。 - I know. it's surprising how frightening things attract us.
我知道，很奇怪吓人的东西怎样吸引我们。 - It's a frightening thing to kill so many miners in the accident.
那么多矿工在事故中遇难身亡，真是太可怕了。 - His aspect was frightening.
他那副样子很可怕。 - It was frightening and strange, and forever changed the way I feel in a thunderstorm.
它很可怕，很奇怪，永远改变了我对雷暴的感觉。 - For our society and country, this is a very frightening prospect.
对于我们的社会和国家而言，这种前景十分可怕。 - Alzheimer's can be a very frightening and debilitating disease for the patients and the families as well.
阿尔茨海默氏症可以是一个非常可怕的和使人衰弱的疾病，为病人和家属以及。 - I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
我得出了一个让人惊讶的结论：我自己才是决定性因素。 - I think they are cruel and frightening.
我认为他们很残忍而且吓人。