| 单词 | terror |
| 释义 | terror (once / 65 pages) n Terror is the feeling of extreme fear. If you unexpectedly find someone dressed up as a vampire in your closet in the middle of a dark night, you might well experience feelings of terror. If you feel terror, you are frozen to the spot in fear. This is the goal of terrorists who use terror as a weapon — they create a climate of fear and mistrust so that people are afraid to go about their normal lives. You will recognize this use in the phrase “the war on terror.” You can also call a difficult or scary person, often a child who causes havoc, a terror or a holy terror. WORD FAMILYterror: counterterror, terrify, terrorise, terrorism, terrorize, terrors+/terrified: terrifiedly/terrify: terrified, terrifies, terrifying/terrifying: terrifyingly/terrorise: terrorisation, terrorised, terrorises, terrorising/terrorism: terrorist/terrorist: terrorists/terrorize: terrorization, terrorized, terrorizes, terrorizing USAGE EXAMPLESTo this day the limited case documentation provided to the family doesn’t specify which “terror” organization the pastor supposedly joined. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Police raids to disrupt suspected holiday terror plots led to several shootouts in which five militants were killed and 20 arrested. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) “We do not want to live with the acceptance of terror and the state should teach a lesson to the terrorist organisations.” The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety Syn|Hypo|Hyper affright, panic swivet a panic or extreme discomposure fear, fearfulness, fright an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) 2n the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) he used terror to make them confess Exp|Hypo|Hyper Red Hand Defenders a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder September 11the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear biological terrorism, bioterrorismterrorism using the weapons of biological warfare chemical terrorismterrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal security of citizens cyber-terrorism, cyberwaran assault on electronic communication networks domestic terrorismterrorism practiced in your own country against your own people eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare, ecoterrorismviolence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists international terrorismterrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native to that country narcoterrorismthe financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade nuclear terrorismthe use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials state-sponsored terrorismterrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism theoterrorismterrorism for a religious purpose terrorist attacka surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims coercion the act of compelling by force of authority 3n a person who inspires fear or dread he was the terror of the neighborhood Syn|Hyper scourge, threat individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 4n a very troublesome child Syn|Hyper brat, holy terror, little terror imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp one who is playfully mischievous |
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