alarm the public
collocation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。
使惊恐；使忧虑；使害怕
alarms — third person singular of alarm
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使惊恐；使忧虑；使害怕
to make someone suddenly frightened or anxious
The sudden noise alarmed the sleeping cat, and it jumped off the sofa.
突然的噪音惊醒了睡觉的猫，它跳下了沙发。
唤起武装以自卫。
To call to arms for defense.
警告(某人)危险将至或需要采取行动；使警觉；使戒备。
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put 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。
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.
使因危险而受惊；使忧虑迫近的灾祸；使突然恐惧。
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
alarm
Base
原形
alarms
3rd person
第三人称单数
alarming
-ing
现在分词
alarmed
Past
过去式
alarmed
Past participle
过去分词
The loud noise alarms the residents.
巨大的噪音使居民们惊恐。
The news alarmed everyone in the village.
这条消息震惊了村里的每个人。
The sudden outage has alarmed the company.
突然的停电已经使公司警觉。
Alarm作为动词意为‘使惊恐、警告’，规则变化。
News of the earthquake alarms many residents living near the coast.
地震的消息让许多住在海岸附近的居民感到恐慌。
The rising number of infections is alarming health officials.
感染人数的上升让卫生官员感到担忧。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
使当局警觉
The suspicious package alarmed the authorities.
那个可疑包裹使当局警觉。
使政府感到忧虑
The data breach alarmed the government.
数据泄露事件使政府感到忧虑。
敲响警钟；引起警觉
The sudden drop in sales set alarm bells ringing.
销售额突然下降敲响了警钟。
发出警报；报警
A neighbour raised the alarm when she saw the fire.
一位邻居看到火灾后报了警。
虚惊一场；假警报
The fire alarm turned out to be a false alarm.
火警报警器原来是虚惊一场。
拉响警报！
This is the title and refrain of Beyoncé's 2006 song; she uses the image of an alarm to signal that a relationship is in trouble.
这是碧昂丝2006年一首歌的标题和副歌；她用警报的意象来提示一段感情出现了危机。
Use alarms naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
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