Word · Frequency #19758
frighteningly
吓人地；令人恐惧地
核心释义
in a frightening or alarming way
- 1.
以令人恐惧或可怕的方式
In a frightening or terrifying manner.
- 2.
非常；超出通常预期以致引起惊讶或担忧
Very; beyond usual expectation so as to cause surprise or concern.
以令人恐惧或可怕的方式；非常；超出通常预期以致引起惊讶或担忧；吓人地; 令人恐惧地；引起突然惊恐地
用法In use
The old house looked frighteningly dark at night.
用法提示：frighteningly 修饰形容词 dark，表示“黑得令人恐惧”。
Her heart was beating frighteningly fast before the interview.
用法提示：frighteningly 修饰副词 fast，强调“快得令人害怕”。
The temperature dropped frighteningly during the night.
用法提示：frighteningly 修饰动词 dropped，表示“以吓人的方式下降”。
frighteningly + adjective
frighteningly 放在形容词前，表示‘到了让人害怕的程度’，常可译为‘……得吓人’。)
The hotel was frighteningly expensive.
这家酒店贵得吓人。
verb + frighteningly
修饰动词时，表示动作以令人惊恐的方式进行。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- frighteningly fast
- 快得吓人
- The car was moving frighteningly fast.那辆车开得快得吓人。
- frighteningly accurate
- 准得吓人
- Her prediction turned out to be frighteningly accurate.她的预测结果准得吓人。
- frighteningly close
- 近得吓人
- The storm came frighteningly close to the village.暴风雨逼近村庄，近得吓人。
- frighteningly realistic
- 逼真得吓人
- The special effects are frighteningly realistic.特效逼真得吓人。
- frighteningly expensive
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：frighten（使惊吓）→ 昏暗房间里恐怖的脸突然出现，吓得人一颤；frighteningly 即“令人恐惧地”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常描述、书面叙述 该词属于中性表达，口语和书面语中都比较常见，通常用于强调某事物令人恐惧、担忧或惊讶的程度。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with frighteningly /ˈfraɪtnɪŋlɪ/. frightening, lightning, brightening and tightening share the stressed vowel /aɪ/ and the /tnɪŋ/ ending, but lack the final /lɪ/. alarmingly and surprisingly share the suffix /ɪŋlɪ/ but have a different stressed vowel, so they do not rhyme with it. Be careful: lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ looks similar to frighteningly but is a two-syllable noun, and frightening /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/ is the adjective base without the -ly suffix.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.