詞語世界——“恐嚇”terrify1

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terrify
    vt. 使恐懼;使驚恐;恐嚇。如:
    The gunman’s threats terrified her into handing over the money.
    那位持槍歹徒的威脅嚇得她趕快交出了錢。
    They were terrified by his sudden appearance.
    他突然出現(xiàn),嚇了他們一跳。
    The old lady was terrified of crossing such a busy street.
    這位老太太害怕穿過這么繁忙的街道。
    [派生] terrified adj. 害怕的;恐懼的;受驚的
     terrifying adj. 令人害怕的;可怕的
    [拓展] be terrified of 害怕
     be terrified at 對……感到害怕
    [辨析] terrify; frighten; scare
    terrify, frighten, scare都可以作動詞,表示“恐嚇、驚恐”之意,但語氣強弱不同: terrify語氣,表示極度恐懼;frighten是普通用詞,使用廣泛;scare在三者中語氣最弱。frighten 和scare 在口語中有時可以互用,但frighten還有突然受到驚嚇的意思,scare卻沒有。