| 单词 | frightening |
| 释义 | frightening (fraɪtənɪŋ ) adjective B1+ If something is frightening, it makes you feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous. The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening. Synonyms: terrifying, shocking [informal], alarming, appalling frighteningly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons. Collocations: a little frightening The way he took it was a little frightening in its intensity. Times, Sunday Times The brothers were alike in their great physical courage as soldiers and prisoners of war, and in a sternness of character that makes them both a little frightening. Times, Sunday Times Then it was wild and a little frightening. Times, Sunday Times I find it both frustrating and a little frightening. Times, Sunday Times She's ferocious, a little frightening and utterly in her pomp. Times, Sunday Times It's a volatile mix, the two polar-opposite cultures often clashing with frightening consequences. The Sun But privacy campaigners raised the alarm over the frightening consequences of allowing companies to build up such data caches. Times, Sunday Times Privacy campaigners, however, fear the frightening consequences of allowing companies to build up such unprecedented hoards of data and the intrusive consumer profiling they could spawn. Times, Sunday Times A frightening possibility presents itself. Times, Sunday Times First and foremost, you have to make sure that whatever you throw away doesn’t come back and hit you—a frightening possibility in the weird realm of orbital mechanics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A modern audience would have no trouble identifying with its pessimistic treatment of humanity and the frightening possibility of what a nuclear attack could do. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Accountants were also dubious about the idea, with one calling it a 'frightening prospect'. Times, Sunday Times That's the frightening prospect facing one couple in this new reality show where celebs are given total control over someone's wedding. The Sun For anyone with a pension or investments, or indeed bank bonds, it's a frightening prospect. Times, Sunday Times A study has opened up the frightening prospect that buffalo mozzarella might not be all that it seems. Times, Sunday Times The proposals are truly a frightening prospect. The Sun But turn it around, and we face a frightening reality. Christianity Today A continent that has been sleepwalking around the need to change now has no option but to wake up to the frightening reality. The Sun So we escape from its confusing and frightening realities by way of a fairytale of retro fashion. Times,Sunday Times But on the other, and through that behaviour, she was suppressing my spirit and imprisoning me in a very frightening situation. Times, Sunday Times But this was very different - and he revealed he'd never been in such a frightening situation before. The Sun Earlier in the day, he admitted that the 170 oil workers stranded in desert camps were in a 'perilous and frightening situation'. Times, Sunday Times Police praised her for staying calm in a 'frightening situation'. The Sun It's a very chaotic, frightening situation. The Sun Sometimes, of course, your plans can unravel with frightening speed. Times, Sunday Times That time he was a finisher of frightening speed. Times, Sunday Times She works in a lab where rogue microbots, designed to reproduce and learn, are developing with frightening speed. Times, Sunday Times If exchange rates move the wrong way, the costs can balloon with frightening speed. Times, Sunday Times Colleagues and friends recall his frightening speed of thought, his great erudition and charisma. The Times Literary Supplement To many, it's a frightening thought - these silent predators in the sky. Times, Sunday Times A frightening thought for the rugby world. Times, Sunday Times It's a frightening thought for all men. Times, Sunday Times For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A voice in my cell, and something to listen to other than my own frightening thoughts. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 令人恐惧的 Japanese: ぎょっとさせる |
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