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terrify somebody
The sudden noise terrified the child.
突然的响声吓坏了孩子。
使恐惧；使惊恐；吓坏
terrified — past of terrify
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使恐惧；使惊恐；吓坏
to make someone feel extreme fear; to frighten very much
The sudden noise terrified the child.
突然的响声吓坏了孩子。
使极度恐惧；使充满恐怖
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
威胁或恐吓
To menace or intimidate.
terrify
Base
原形
terrifies
3rd person
第三人称单数
terrifying
-ing
现在分词
terrified
Past
过去式
terrified
Past participle
过去分词
The horror movie terrifies me.
这部恐怖电影让我害怕。
The idea of giving a speech terrifies me.
一想到要发言，我就感到极其害怕。
The loud thunder terrified our dog during the storm.
暴风雨中响亮的雷声把我们的狗吓坏了。
Please don't terrify the children with those ghost stories.
请别用那些鬼故事吓唬孩子们。
The sudden noise terrified the child.
突然的响声吓坏了孩子。
She is terrified of heights.
她患有恐高症。
The threat terrified him into staying silent.
威胁吓得他保持沉默。
He was terrified to ask for help.
他害怕寻求帮助。
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使某人恐惧
The horror movie terrified the children.
那部恐怖电影吓坏了孩子们。
害怕，恐惧
She is terrified of spiders.
她非常害怕蜘蛛。
可怕的经历
The earthquake was a terrifying experience.
那次地震是一次可怕的经历。
吓得做某事
They terrified him into confessing.
他们吓得他坦白了。
极度恐惧
I was absolutely terrified when I heard the noise.
听到那个声音时我极度恐惧。
吓得要命
The sudden scream terrified the life out of me.
突然的尖叫吓得我要命。
吓得魂不附体
The sudden explosion terrified the crowd out of their wits.
突然的爆炸把人群吓得魂不附体。
吓得要命
That horror movie terrified the life out of me.
那部恐怖电影吓得我要命。
吓得魂飞魄散（非正式）
The haunted house ride terrified the pants off the kids.
鬼屋之旅把孩子们吓得魂飞魄散。
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把“terrify”拆成“terror”（恐怖）和“ify”（使），记住“使恐怖”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：horror stories、personal experiences、news reports 通常用于描述强烈恐惧，在正式和非正式场合都适用，但更常见于书面描述或叙述中。
All listed words rhyme with 'terrify' because they share the same stressed vowel and ending /ɪfaɪ/. Be careful: words like 'identify' (/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/) have stress on the second syllable and do not rhyme.
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