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hor·ri·fy 英'hɒrɪfaɪ美'hɔːrɪfaɪ COCA⁹⁹⁹⁹⁶BNC¹²⁶⁴¹⁶⁺⁴Economist²⁹⁹⁰¹⁺⁴ 基本双解英英辨析近义反义句型例句例句 v.使恐惧⁵⁰;使惊骇²⁵;使反感²⁵原型horrify的三单副词horrifyingly名词horrification过去分词horrified现在分词horrifying三单horrifies v.动词 vt. 使震惊,使感到恐怖shock greatly;fill with horror Verb: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview The news of the executions horrified us v.动词 horrify, appal, daunt, dismay这组词的共同意思是“引起惊恐、忧郁或使丧失勇气”。其区别在于:dismay指因前景令人沮丧或对某事束手无策,而失去继续干某事的力量; appal指足以把人吓瘫的恐惧,也指遇到无法改变的、使人惊愕的事或物所表现出的无能为力; daunt强调试图干大胆的事,但被威胁或压制,因而停止或退却; 而horrify指见到令人毛骨悚然的东西时的一种恐惧和发抖的反应,也可指失去尊严所引起的暂时的厌恶感。 近义词 shock震惊alarm警报repel排斥revolt叛乱dismay沮丧sicken患病offend冒犯disgust厌恶disturb扰乱upset心烦的scare受惊吓depress使沮丧perplex使困惑perturb使烦恼terrify使害怕petrify使石化appal使 … 惊骇confound使困惑daunt使 … 胆怯frighten使惊吓appall使 … 胆寒 用作动词v. 用作及物动词 S+ ~+n./pron.I was horrified by the movie.这部电影令我毛骨悚然。 动词94%,名词6% 用作动词We werehorrifiedby what we saw.我们看到后很害怕。 These are acts that willhorrifycivilizations.这些是令文明国家震惊的行为。 Such sentiments mighthorrifysome corporate executives.这种热情可能会让一些公司高管大为惊骇。 They werehorrifiedat his rudeness.他们对他的无礼很反感。 IN THE Oscar- nominated satire on modern business life, “Up In The Air”, an earnest young executive at an outplacement firm horrifies her older colleagues by introducing them to the word “ glocal”. “在云端”是一部商业题材的现代讽刺剧,获得过奥斯卡提名。 影片中,一个很有干劲的年轻经理人在她就职的裁员职介公司推广一个新概念:全球当地化,她的老同事都很震惊。 ecocn |