Word · Frequency #3004
alarmed
使惊恐；使忧虑；使害怕
alarmed is the past of alarm.
to make someone suddenly frightened or anxious
- 1.
To call to arms for defense.
唤起武装以自卫。
- 2.
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
警告(某人)危险将至或需要采取行动；使警觉；使戒备。
- 3.
To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
发出危险临近或必要行动的警告；发出信号使接收者警觉或戒备。
- 4.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
使因危险而受惊；使忧虑迫近的灾祸；使突然恐惧。
- 5.
To keep in excitement; to disturb.
使保持兴奋；打扰。
警告；使警觉；发出警报；号召武装起来；使不安；打扰；唤起武装以自卫。；警告(某人)危险将至或需要采取行动；使警觉；使戒备。
In use
The sudden noise alarmed the sleeping cat, and it jumped off the sofa.
News of the earthquake alarms many residents living near the coast.
The rising number of infections is alarming health officials.
Verb forms
base alarm · third person alarms · -ing alarming · past alarmed · past participle alarmed
Alarm作为动词意为‘使惊恐、警告’，规则变化。
Connections
Collocations
- alarm the public
- 使公众惊慌；引起公众警觉
- The new findings may alarm the public.新发现可能会引起公众惊慌。
- alarm parents
- 让家长们担忧
- The violent scenes in the movie could alarm parents.电影中的暴力场景可能会让家长们担忧。
- alarm scientists
- 使科学家们警觉
- The rapid spread of the virus has alarmed scientists worldwide.病毒的迅速传播已经引起了全世界科学家的警觉。
- alarm investors
- 使投资者感到不安
- The sudden drop in stock prices alarmed investors.股价的突然下跌使投资者感到不安。
- alarm the authorities
- 使当局警觉
- The suspicious package alarmed the authorities.那个可疑包裹使当局警觉。
- alarm the government
Learner notes
Memory Tip
警报(alarm)一响，让人惊恐，也提醒你像举起手臂(arm)一样戒备起来。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、书面说明、日常告知 作动词时，alarm 多表示“使惊恐、使担心”，语气比 scare 正式，常见于新闻报道或书面说明；日常口语中也可使用，但更口语的说法常用 worry、scare。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵（美式发音 /ɑːrm/）：arm、farm、harm、charm。注意形近异音词：warm 拼写以 -arm 结尾，但读 /wɔːrm/，与 alarm 不押韵；calm 中的 l 不发音，读 /kɑːm/，也不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.