terror
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Terror is very great fear. 恐懼
I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane. 我每次要坐飛機(jī)時(shí)都害怕得發(fā)抖。
2. N-UNCOUNT Terror is violence or the threat of violence, especially when it is used for political reasons. 恐怖活動(dòng)
...the war on terror. …反恐戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign. 對(duì)首都的炸彈襲擊可能標(biāo)志著選舉前的恐怖活動(dòng)的開始。
3. N-COUNT A terror is something that makes you very frightened. 使人恐懼的事物
As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people. 他小時(shí)候其實(shí)非常害怕見人。
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terror /?t?r?/ (terrors)
劍橋詞典
- B2 [ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder .
- Her terror was compounded by the feeling that she was being watched .
- Nearly every new parent feels an amalgam of joy and terror.
- The political repression in this country is enforced by terror.
- She felt panic and terror rise in her whenever she thought of the future .
extreme fear
(暴行引起的)恐懼,驚駭
They fled from the city in terror. 他們驚恐萬(wàn)分地逃離了該市。
There was sheer /abject terror in her eyes when he came back into the room . 當(dāng)他回到屋里時(shí),她的眼中充滿了恐懼。
What he said struck terror in my heart (= made me very frightened ). 他的話使我膽戰(zhàn)心驚。
Heights have/hold no terrors for me (= do not frighten me). 我不恐高。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] informal
someone, especially a child , who behaves badly and is difficult to control
討厭鬼(尤指小孩)
My brother is a little terror. 我弟弟是個(gè)小討厭鬼。
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