I was frightened of being left by myself in the house.
我害怕一个人被留在屋里。
Her father had an awful temper and she was always frightened of him.
她爸爸脾气坏,她向来怕他。
frightened to do something
The boy was frightened to speak.
那男孩子不敢说话。
frightened that
She’s frightened that her ex-husband will find her.
她怕前夫会找到她。
To tell the truth, I was frightened to death (=very frightened).
说实话,我怕得要命。
a frightened horse
一匹受惊的马
Do not confuse frightened, which describes a feeling, and frightening, which describes something that makes you feel frightened: a frightened child | a frightening experience
不要混淆frightened 和frightening ,前者形容感觉,后者形容令人害怕的事物: a frightened child一个受了惊吓的小孩 | a frightening experience一次可怕的经历
THESAURUS
frightened feeling worried because you might get hurt or because something bad might happen 害怕的
I was too frightened to say anything.
我害怕得一句话也说不出。
Many animals are frightened of fireworks.
许多动物害怕烟火。
nFrightened residents called the police as the gang started throwing bricks.
scared [not before noun] especially spokenfrightened. Scared is less formal than frightened and is the usualword to use in everyday English 害怕的〔较frightened随意,为日常英语中常用词〕
I’m scared of dogs.
我怕狗。
Old people are too scared to go out of their homes.
老年人害怕走出家门。
afraid [not before noun] frightened. Afraidsounds more formal than frightened or scared 害怕的〔听上去比frightened和scared正式〕
Children are often afraid of the dark.
小孩子常常怕黑。
I was afraid that I might say the wrong thing.
我怕说错话。
alarmed frightened and worried that something bad might happen 恐慌的
She was alarmed at the thought of performing in front of an audience.
想到要在观众面前表演,她便慌了起来。
nAlarmed passengers spotted fuel leaking from the plane.
fearful formal frightened that something bad might happen 害怕的,担心的
They are fearful of another terrorist attack.
他们担心再次发生恐怖袭击。
nHe was fearful that he might make another mistake.
na fearful panic
very frightened 非常害怕
terrified very frightened 极度恐惧的
He looked terrified as the plane took off.
飞机起飞时他看起来很害怕。
James was absolutely terrified of losing his only child.
詹姆斯极其害怕失去自己唯一的孩子。
nHe dragged the terrified woman into his car.
petrified very frightened – used especially when you are so frightened that you cannot think or move 吓呆的
She’s absolutely petrified of spiders.
看到蜘蛛她会吓得无法动弹。
scared stiff/scared to death informal very frightened 怕得要命
I had to make a speech, and I was scared stiff.
我因为要发言心里怕得要命。
She was scared to death of her father.
她怕父亲怕得要命。
in terror written if you do something in terror, you do it because you are very frightened 惊恐地
People fled in terror as the building went up in flames.
大楼着了火,人们惊恐地逃走。
Examples from the Corpus
frightened• She stepped off the pavement, and a car with squealingbrakesdrove her back again, frightened and flustered.• She was frightened, and she sank to the ground.• a frightenedanimal• Two frightened children were hiding in a corner of the room.• She stared up into the bigfrightened eyes.• I was frightened in case anyone came in.• Don't be frightened, it's only thunder.• I was frightened my parents would get divorced, and wished that there was something I could do to make them happy again.• A lot of people are frightened of dentists.• He was frightened of making mistakes.• Are you frightened of the dark?• Alice kept perfectly still, frightened that the dog might attack her.• I was frightened to move in case the branchbroke.
frightened of• He was very frightened of being alone.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound害怕;感到害怕;看上去很害怕;似乎很害怕;聽上去嚇壞了▸➤become, get害怕起來◇I got frightened when he lost his temper.他大發脾氣,把我嚇壞了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常害怕▸➤badly, genuinely, terribly被嚇壞了;確實被嚇壞了;非常害怕▸➤almost幾乎被嚇着了▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/有幾分害怕▸➤suddenly突然受驚PREPOSITION➤about對⋯感到害怕◇I was nervous and frightened about the future.我對將來感到不安和害怕。➤by被⋯嚇着了◇Most of us are frightened by our emotions.我們中大多數的人對自己的情緒感到害怕。➤of對⋯感到害怕◇I'm rather frightened of dogs.我有些怕狗。PHRASES➤frightened out of your wits, frightened to death (bothinformal) 嚇傻了;嚇得半死◇She was frightened to death when she saw her small daughter on the edge of the cliff.看到她小女兒站在懸崖邊上,她嚇得半死。➤too frightened (of sb/sth) to do sth因為(⋯)而嚇得不敢做⋯◇My friend is too frightened of my father to come to our house.我的朋友太害怕我父親了,不敢到我家來。