frighten
frighten — 動詞
- frightenpresent simple I / you / we / they
- frightenshe / she / it
- frightenedpast simple
- frightening-ing form
1. to make a person or animal suddenly feel fear or worry, often because of somethi
嚇到；使害怕
使某人突然感到恐懼或擔憂
to make a person or animal suddenly feel fear or worry, often because of something unexpected or dangerous
Sari's sudden shout frightened the baby, who started crying.
Sari 突然的喊叫嚇到了嬰兒，嬰兒開始哭了起來。
transitive with direct object (the baby)
The loud thunder frightened Elena so much that she hid under her bed.
巨大的雷聲把 Elena 嚇得躲到床底下。
result clause: so much that...
Pedro was frightened by the size of the dog that ran toward him.
Pedro 被朝他跑來的那隻狗的體型嚇到了。
passive: be frightened by [something]
It frightens Devika when the elevator gets stuck between floors.
電梯卡在樓層之間的時候，Devika 會感到害怕。
dummy-it construction: It frightens [sb] when...
Wren tried not to frighten the little birds nesting in the garden.
Wren 盡量不去驚嚇在花園裡築巢的小鳥。
infinitive complement after try not to
- frighten easily
- frighten badly
- frighten someone to death
- frighten the life out of someone
文法句型
frighten + noun phrase
be + frightened + by/of + noun phrase
It frightens + sb + to-infinitive / when-clause
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be frightened by/of). The adjective frightened is followed by of (frightened of spiders) or by (frightened by the noise). Distinguish from Sense 2 by the absence of a directional result — this sense describes the emotion only, without implying movement or change of location.
常見錯誤
2. to force a person or animal to leave a place or stay away from it by making them
嚇跑
用恐懼驅離人或動物
to force a person or animal to leave a place or stay away from it by making them feel frightened
The scarecrow frightened the crows away from the farmer's vegetable patch.
稻草人把烏鴉從農夫的菜園嚇跑了。
phrasal verb: frighten + away + from
Lucía's loud music frightened off the neighbors who had just moved in.
Lucía 吵鬧的音樂嚇走了剛搬來的鄰居。
phrasal verb: frighten + off
A sudden noise frightened the deer into running deeper into the forest.
突然的聲響把鹿嚇得跑進了森林深處。
phrasal verb: frighten + into + gerund
The security lights frightened the thief away before he broke the window.
保全燈光在小偷打破窗戶之前就把他嚇跑了。
- frighten people away
- frighten customers away
- frighten birds off
- frighten the neighbours away
- scare away
more informal and common in casual speech; 'frighten away' is slightly more formal
- drive off
focuses on the result of leaving rather than the method (fear)
- deter
more formal; suggests preventing rather than actively forcing to leave
文法句型
frighten + sb/sth + away/off
frighten + sb/sth + into/out of + noun/gerund
用法筆記
Only transitive. The object is typically an animal or person who leaves or stays away as a result of fear. The most common particles are away and off (both meaning 'drive off') and into (meaning 'coerce through fear'). The coerced action after into takes a gerund (frightened him into leaving).
常見錯誤
frighten somebody/something away/off
phrasal verbto make a person or animal leave or stay away by making them feel frightened
嚇跑；嚇走
The bright garden lights frightened off the foxes that had been digging up the flowers.
Kemi worried that her demanding attitude would frighten away the new volunteers.
frighten somebody into doing something
phrasal verbto make someone do something by threatening them or making them feel afraid
嚇得某人做某事；脅迫某人做某事
The older children frightened the younger boy into giving them his lunch money.
Tendai was frightened into signing the contract without reading it carefully.
frighten away
phrasal verbTo cause a person or animal to leave because of fear.
嚇跑
The loud music frightened away the birds from the garden.
His angry tone frightened away all potential friends.
frighten away from
phrasal verbTo cause someone to avoid doing something because of fear.
嚇得不敢
The high cost frightened them away from buying the house.
Her bad experience frightened her away from swimming in the ocean.
frighten into
phrasal verbTo force someone to do something by making them afraid.
嚇得…做
The bully frightened the boy into giving him his lunch money.
They frightened the witness into changing his story.
frighten into doing
phrasal verbTo force someone to do something by making them afraid.
嚇得…做
The threats frightened the manager into resigning from his job.
She was frightened into signing the contract against her will.
frighten off
phrasal verbTo cause someone or something to go away by making them afraid.
嚇跑
The security guard's shout frightened off the thief.
The high price tag frightened off many potential buyers.
to frighten someone extremely severely
把某人嚇得半死
The way the car swerved across the road frightened the life out of everyone on the bus.
Mira's younger brother jumped out from behind the door and scared the life out of her.
to make someone feel extremely frightened
把某人嚇得要命
The loud explosion in the middle of the night frightened the whole village to death.
Mayumi was scared to death when she saw the snake curled up inside her shoe.
To make someone extremely frightened.
嚇得某人魂不附體
The sudden loud noise frightened the daylights out of Mia.
Did that horror movie scare the living daylights out of you?
To make someone extremely frightened.
嚇得某人半死
The dog's sudden bark scared the life out of little Tom.
That car nearly hit me and frightened the life out of me.
To make someone extremely frightened.
嚇死某人
The spider on her pillow frightened Sara to death.
Don't sneak up on me like that; you scared me to death!
同根字
- fright名詞B1
- frightened形容詞B1
- frightening形容詞B1
- frightful形容詞B2
- frightfully副詞C1