ADJECTIVE | VERB + DREAD | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, mortal強烈的畏懼;極度的恐懼◇Her greatest dread was that she would lose her job.她最懼怕的就是失去工作。➤existential, nameless (both especially NAmE) 存在的/莫名的恐懼▸➤constant長期的恐懼➤creeping, growing, mounting緩慢發展的恐懼;漸漸增強的恐懼VERB + DREAD➤feel, have感到畏懼;有恐懼感◇the dread she felt at the thought of meeting him again一想起要再見他她就感到的恐懼◇He had a dread of hospitals.他對醫院有恐懼感。➤live in生活在恐懼之中◇He lived in constant dread that one day he might be found out.他一直生活在恐懼之中,擔心總有一天會被發現。➤fill sb with使某人充滿恐懼◇Does the thought of flying fill you with dread?想到飛行你就非常恐懼嗎 ?PREPOSITION➤in dread of害怕◇After her shoplifting spree she lived in mortal dread of being found out.在商店大肆行竊之後,她惶恐不安,害怕給人發現。➤dread of對⋯的畏懼◇her dread of discovery她對真相敗露的恐懼PHRASES➤a feeling of dread, a sense of dread恐懼感dread
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ADVERB➤absolutely極其害怕◇I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I'm absolutely dreading it!明天我必須去看牙醫,我真的非常害怕 !➤rather相當害怕▸➤always惶惶不可終日◇He had always dreaded being singled out.他總是擔心被單挑出來。
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