frightening
英 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈfraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的
v. 使惊吓; 使惊恐
frighten的现在分词
现在分词：frightening
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5558 / COCA.5540
牛津词典
adj.
- 引起恐惧的；使惊恐的；骇人的
making you feel afraid- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历 / 景象 / 想法 - It's frightening to think it could happen again.
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人惊恐的;令人害怕的;骇人的
If something isfrightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous.- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
那段经历太恐怖了，他们表现得非常勇敢。 - The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人。
- It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous...
英英释义
noun
- the act of inspiring with fear
adj
- causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
双语例句
- For our society and country, this is a very frightening prospect.
对于我们的社会和国家而言，这种前景十分可怕。 - My boredom was so frightening that I know.
我的无聊是那么可怕，我知道。 - I think they are cruel and frightening.
我认为他们很残忍而且吓人。 - I know it must be a frightening experience for you, evelyn.
艾芙琳，我知道那对你是个很可怕的经验。 - His aspect was frightening.
他那副样子很可怕。 - The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
这种流行病传播范围之广令人惊惶不安。 - Though I find these fallacies to be laughable, I also find them rather frightening.
虽然我觉得这些谬误很可笑，我也觉得它们相当可怕。 - It was frightening and strange, and forever changed the way I feel in a thunderstorm.
它很可怕，很奇怪，永远改变了我对雷暴的感觉。 - I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
我得出了一个让人惊讶的结论：我自己才是决定性因素。 - Which doesn't sound that scary, but it was the most frightening experience of my life.
声音其实并不可怕，但那也算是我一生中最可怕的经历了。