terrify

IPA/ˈterɪfaɪ/
KK[tˈɛrəfˌaɪ]IPA/ˈterɪfaɪ/

terrify — 動詞

  • terrifypresent simple I / you / we / they
  • terrifieshe / she / it
  • terrifiedpast simple
  • terrifying-ing form

1. to cause someone to feel extreme fear or sudden terror, often leaving them unabl

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

嚇壞；使驚恐

讓某人感到極度害怕

to cause someone to feel extreme fear or sudden terror, often leaving them unable to think clearly or act normally.

例句

The sudden crash of thunder terrified the little girl, and she ran to her mother.

突然的雷聲嚇壞了小女孩，她立刻跑向媽媽。

passive: terrified by [sudden event]

Bao was terrified by the idea of giving a speech to five hundred people.

Bao 被要在五百人面前演講的想法給嚇壞了。

terrified by + noun phrase / gerund

常見搭配
  • terrify someone
  • be terrified by something
  • be terrified of something
  • terrify someone into doing something
  • absolutely terrified
  • utterly terrified
同義詞
  • frighten

    more general and less intense; the usual neutral alternative

  • scare

    more informal than terrify; can describe mild or sudden fear

  • petrify

    suggests fear so extreme that a person cannot move or speak

  • horrify

    combines fear with shock, disgust, or moral outrage

反義詞
  • reassure

    to make someone feel less worried or afraid

  • calm

    to make someone stop feeling afraid or anxious

文法句型

terrify + noun/pronoun

be terrified by/of + noun/gerund

terrify + object + into + gerund

用法筆記

Frequently used in the passive voice (be terrified by/of). The pattern 'terrify [someone] into [doing something]' describes coercion achieved through extreme fear — e.g., 'The armed men terrified the villagers into handing over their money.'

常見錯誤

The horror movie was very terrified.
The horror movie was very terrifying.
Use the -ing form (terrifying) for the thing that causes fear; the -ed form (terrified) describes the person who feels the fear.
The loud noise terrified me and I was scary.
The loud noise terrified me and I was scared.
'Scary' describes something that causes fear, not the feeling itself.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • thought terrifies
  • idea terrifies
  • prospect terrifies
  • experience terrifies
  • violence terrifies

副詞搭配

  • absolutely terrified
  • utterly terrified
  • truly terrified
  • completely terrified

常用片語

  • terrify someone into submission
  • terrify someone into silence
  • terrified out of one's wits

介系詞搭配

  • terrified of
  • terrified by
  • terrify into