Noun:
fearful expectation or anticipation;the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Adjective:
causing fear or dread or terror;the awful war
an awful risk
dire news
a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
the dread presence of the headmaster
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
a dreadful storm
a fearful howling
horrendous explosions shook the city
a terrible curse
Verb:
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!
v.动词
dread doing sth, dread to do sthdread后可接动名词,也可接动词不定式。其区别是：
接动词不定式时,指不敢“主动地”去做某事; 接动名词时则指对某动作所产生的后果“被动地”害怕。试比较以下两句:
I dread to come close to the dog. 我不敢靠近这条狗。
I dread seeing the dog. 我害怕看见那条狗。
alarm，fear，fright，horror，panic，terror，dread这些名词均含“恐惧、惧怕、惊恐”之意。
alarm强调突然意识到有危险而产生的恐惧心理。
fear普通用词，侧重指面临危险或灾祸时内心所引起的恐惧心情。
fright通常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂恐惧，有时含夸张意味。
horror侧重指因看到令人讨厌或危险的东西或情景而引起的厌恶情绪、极度恐惧心情或颤栗的动作。
panic常指因突如其来的外界威胁使人群出现惊慌、恐惧或混乱。
terror指极大的恐惧和惊骇，语气最强。
dread可与fear换用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。
用作动词 v.
～+名词dread death怕死dread dog怕狗dread examination害怕考试dread father害怕父亲dread the moment担心某事会发生dread mother害怕母亲dread teacher惧怕老师dread war害怕战争dread water怕水～+副词dread constantly时刻感到害怕dread irrationally没有理由地畏惧dread nervously非常害怕dread overwhelmingly过分地害怕dread righteously理所当然地惧怕dread secretly暗暗地害怕dread unimaginably着实害怕dread unnaturally不自然地害怕dread vaguely隐隐约约感到害怕
用作动词v.dread the moment担心某事会发生 worry about sth will happen
近义词 fearhorrorterror反义词 braverycourageconfidence
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.The boy dreads his father.这个孩子畏惧他的父亲。
I dread the dog.我害怕这条狗。
Tom dreaded his visits to the dentist.汤姆非常怕看牙医。
Cats dread water.猫怕水。
I dread the examination.我怕这次考试。
He doesn't dread death.他不怕死。S+～+to- vI dread to think what will happen in the next few days.我不敢想今后几日内将要发生的事情。
I dread to see him again.我不敢再见他。S+～+ v -ingShe dreaded going to the doctor.她怕去看医生。
She dreaded having another heart attack.她担心心脏病再发作。
I dread thinking of what may happen.我怕想可能发生的事。
Do you dread being ill?你害怕生病吗?
The child dreads going to bed in the dark.小孩害怕在黑暗中上床睡觉。S+～+that-clauseI dread that I may never see you again.我生怕这一辈子再也见不到你了。
I dread that he will come.我担心他会来。
He dreads that his wife might take the child from him.他担心妻子可能把孩子带走。
v.动词
dread的基本意思是“惧怕,担心”,指巨大地、长期地、持续地恐惧,也指面临危险时失去勇气而胆怯。在句中主要用作及物动词,其后可接名词、代词或动名词作宾语,也可接动词不定式或that引导的从句。
名词67%,动词33%
用作动词Idreadhaving to visit the dentist .我害怕看牙医。
Idreadto think what will happen if she finds out the truth.我不敢去想她知道真相后会怎么样。
Much of what wedreadis really due to indistinctness of outline.畏生于不明，大抵如此。用作名词The Jews lived indreadof being caught.这些犹太人生活在会遭到拘捕的恐惧之中。
My greatestdreadis that my parents will find out.我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。
A raid from the north, on the other hand, must have been a matter fordread.另一方面,来自北部的袭击必然是一件可怕的事。用作形容词The countryside lay as under somedreadenchantment.乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。 The average carver dreads the coming of the bird, for he fears its power. The master carver continues to work at his seals, for he does not know that the bird has come and gone.
入门者担心这只鸟的到来，因为害怕它带来的力量，篆刻大师则继续雕刻印章，根本不知道这只鸟曾经来过。 blogbus