affright sb
及物动词，宾语通常是人和动物；这个词现在多用于文学作品，日常英语中较少见。
The sudden crash affrighted the horses in the stable.
突如其来的巨响使马厩里的马匹受惊。
引起恐惧；惊吓
引起恐惧
cause fear in
一般现在时
The sudden noise affrights the child.
突然的噪音惊吓了孩子。
一般过去时
The thunderstorm affrighted the puppy.
雷暴吓坏了小狗。
现在完成时
The ghost story has affrighted many children.
这个鬼故事已经吓坏了许多孩子。
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词均为affrighted。
The sudden noise affrighted the little girl.
突如其来的噪音吓到了那个小女孩。
用法提示：affrighted 作谓语，表示惊吓。
The strange figure affrighting the horses caused a panic.
那个吓到马匹的奇怪人影引起了恐慌。
用法提示：affrighting 作定语，修饰 figure。
The villagers were affrighted by the rumors of a monster.
村民们被怪物的谣言吓坏了。
用法提示：were affrighted 为被动语态，表示被惊吓。
及物动词，宾语通常是人和动物；这个词现在多用于文学作品，日常英语中较少见。
The sudden crash affrighted the horses in the stable.
突如其来的巨响使马厩里的马匹受惊。
被动结构中用 by 引出直接造成恐惧的事物。
She was affrighted by the shadow moving across the wall.
她被墙上移动的影子吓到了。
at 后常接看到或听到的、令人害怕的情景。
The child was affrighted at the sight of the mask.
孩子看到那个面具时吓坏了。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am affright of the dark.
正确表达I am afraid of the dark.
affright 是及物动词，意为“使惊恐”，不能像形容词那样直接跟在 be 后表状态；表示“害怕的”要用形容词 afraid，构成 be afraid of 结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子The child was affright by the loud thunder.
正确表达The child was affrighted by the loud thunder.
被动语态由 be + 过去分词构成，affright 的过去分词是 affrighted，不能保留动词原形 affright。
grammar · medium
易错句子She affrighted by the sudden noise.
正确表达She was affrighted by the sudden noise.
affright 是及物动词，后面需带宾语；当主语是受惊的人时，必须用被动语态 was affrighted，不能省略 be 直接用过去式接 by。
affright 与 frighten 含义相同，都表示“使人害怕”，但 affright 属文学或古旧用法，现代日常英语几乎只用 frighten；一般写作和口语中应选 frighten。
afraid 是形容词，通常作表语，用 be afraid of 结构，不能直接带宾语；affright 是动词，后面直接接被吓的人或物。两词拼写相近，但词性和搭配完全不同。
affront 指有意冒犯或侮辱他人，与恐惧无关；affright 只表示使人害怕。两词拼写相近，可看后半部分 -front 与 -fright 来区分。
fright + -en
frighten + -ed
frighten + -ing
fright + -ful
frightful + -ly
frightening + -ly
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