scare /skɛə/ CET4 TEM4 ( scaring, scared, scares )

• 1. 

  V-T If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. 惊吓

  例：

  You're scaring me.

  你吓着我了。

  例：

  The prospect of failure scares me rigid.

  失败的可能吓得我都僵了。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you. 吓死了 [非正式]

• 3. 

  N-SING If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. 惊吓

  例：

  Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?

  你难道没意识到你给了我们大家一个什么样的惊吓吗？

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. 恐慌; 恐惧

  例：

  The news set off a continent-wide health scare.

  这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place. (炸弹或安全) 恐慌

  例：

  Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.

  尽管最近发生多次炸弹恐慌，但至今为止还没有人员受伤。

• 6. 

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