be horrified at/by sth
She was horrified at the news.
她听到这个消息感到惊骇。
惊骇的；惊恐的；震惊的
感到恐惧的。；感到恐惧的；带有恐怖感的
filled with fear, shock, or alarm; very surprised and upset
感到恐惧的。
Struck with horror.
感到恐惧的
stricken with horror
The children were horrified when the lights suddenly went out.
灯突然熄灭时，孩子们都吓坏了。
用法提示：horrified作表语，描述主语感到惊恐的状态。
She was horrified to discover that her wallet was missing.
她惊恐地发现自己的钱包不见了。
用法提示：horrified接不定式，表示因某事而感到惊恐。
We were horrified by the news of the accident.
我们对事故的消息感到震惊。
用法提示：horrified by引出使人惊恐的事物。
She was horrified at the news.
她听到这个消息感到惊骇。
He was horrified to see the damage.
他看到损坏情况感到惊骇。
They were horrified that the project was canceled.
他们对项目被取消感到惊骇。
grammar · medium
易错句子I was horrified of the news.
正确表达I was horrified at the news.
中国学习者受母语影响，常将‘害怕’与‘of’搭配，但英语中horrified后接‘at’或‘by’表示原因。
grammar · medium
易错句子The movie was horrified.
正确表达The movie was horrifying.
混淆过去分词和现在分词形容词：horrified描述人感到恐惧，horrifying描述事物令人恐惧。
horrified强调震惊和厌恶，terrified强调极度恐惧
horrible修饰事物本身令人恐惧，horrified描述人的感受
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