frighten sb
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
使惊吓，吓唬
frightens — third person singular of frighten
惊恐，害怕；使感到害怕；惊吓；使感到惊恐。；使害怕；变得害怕或惊恐。；吓跑
cause fear in (someone)
使感到害怕；惊吓；使感到惊恐。
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
使害怕
cause fear in
变得害怕或惊恐。
To become scared or alarmed.
吓跑
drive out by frightening
一般现在时
Loud noises frighten him.
巨大的响声吓到他。
一般过去时
The sudden appearance frightened her.
突然出现吓到了她。
现在进行时
He is frightening the children with ghost stories.
他正在用鬼故事吓孩子们。
现在完成时
The news has frightened everyone.
这个消息吓到了所有人。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为frightened。
The loud noise frightened the children.
巨大的响声吓到了孩子们。
用法提示：frighten 在此为及物动词，意为“使惊吓”，后接宾语 the children。
AI contextual example
I was frightened by the sudden knock on the door.
我被突然的敲门声吓到了。
用法提示：was frightened 是及物动词的被动语态，表示“被吓到”。
AI contextual example
The threatening letter frightened them into calling the police.
威胁信吓得他们报了警。
用法提示：frighten ... into 表示“吓得某人做某事”。
AI contextual example
The sudden loud noise frightened the children.
突然的巨大声响吓到了孩子们。
常用于威胁或胁迫的语境。
They tried to frighten him into signing the contract.
他们试图吓唬他签合同。
The dog frightened away the intruder.
狗吓跑了闯入者。
比frighten更口语化，强度相似
强调危险即将来临，正式程度较高
语气强烈，指极度恐惧
强调突如其来的短暂惊吓
通常带有威胁或强迫意味，非单纯惊吓
grammar · medium
易错句子The horror movie was very frighten.
正确表达The horror movie was very frightening.
表示某事物令人害怕时，应该用现在分词形式的形容词 frightening，而不是动词原形 frighten。frighten是动词，不能直接作表语形容词。
grammar · medium
易错句子I was frighten by the sudden noise.
正确表达I was frightened by the sudden noise.
表示某人感到害怕时，应该用过去分词形式的形容词 frightened，表示被动感受。frighten是动词原形，不能用于be动词后的形容词位置。
“frighten” 和 “scare” 都表示使害怕，但 “scare” 更常用于非正式场合，且常指突然的、轻微的惊吓；而 “frighten” 更正式，可指持续的恐惧。
“terrify” 的程度比 “frighten” 强烈得多，指极度的恐惧或惊慌，而 “frighten” 泛指一般性的害怕。
“alarm” 强调因潜在危险或意外事件而产生突然的警觉或担忧，而 “frighten” 更强调直接引发恐惧。
吓得某人做某事
The sudden noise frightened the cat into running away.
突然的响声把猫吓得跑开了。
吓跑某人
The guard dog frightened off the intruder.
看门狗吓跑了闯入者。
害怕
She is frightened of spiders.
她害怕蜘蛛。
把某人吓得半死
The horror movie frightened the life out of me.
那部恐怖电影把我吓得半死。
吓死某人
The sudden knock at the door frightened me to death.
突然的敲门声吓得我要死。
用某事吓唬某人
Don't frighten the children with ghost stories.
别用鬼故事吓唬孩子们。
fright- + -en
把…吓得魂不附体
The sudden loud noise frightened the life out of me.
突然的巨响把我吓得魂不附体。
把某人吓得魂飞魄散
The horror movie frightened her out of her wits.
那部恐怖电影把她吓得魂飞魄散。
把某人吓得要死
Don't sneak up on me like that; you frightened me to death!
别那样蹑手蹑脚地靠近我；你把我吓死了！
你害怕黑暗
You hear a noise, you turn around, you're frightened
你听到一个声音，转身一看，你吓坏了
我不怕你，但你吓不到我！
You don't frighten me!
你吓不到我！
发长 /aɪ/ 音 (如 high, light)
Same pattern, same sound
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