scared
adjective /skeəd/
/skerd/
Idioms - frightened of something or afraid that something bad might happen
害怕；恐惧；畏惧；担心 - The thieves got scared and ran away.
小偷害怕了，就跑了。 - He looked scared and hid behind Jesse.
他看起来很害怕，躲在杰西身后。 - scared of doing something She is scared of going out alone.
她不敢一个人外出。 - scared of somebody/something He's scared of heights.
他有恐高症。 - scared to do something People are scared to use the buses late at night.
人们害怕在深夜乘坐公共汽车。 - Some victims are too scared to speak out.
有些受害者害怕得不敢说出来。 - scared (that)… I’m scared (that) I’m going to fall.
我担心自己快掉下去了。 - scared at something He was scared at the prospect of running out of food.
他害怕食物即将告罄。 - scared at doing something Anne was scared at seeing her father crying.
看到她父亲哭了，安妮很害怕。 - scared for something We were scared for our lives (= thought we would die).
我们担心死了。 - a scared look
惊恐的表情 - I was scared to death (= very frightened).
我吓得要死。 - We were scared stiff (= very frightened).
我们吓得呆若木鸡。 - He's scared out of his mind (= very frightened).
他吓坏了。
Synonyms afraidafraidsee also shit-scared- frightened
- scared
- terrified
- alarmed
- paranoid
- afraid [not before noun] feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:
- There’s nothing to be afraid of.
没有什么要害怕的。 - Aren’t you afraid (that) you’ll fall?
你不怕会跌倒吗？
- There’s nothing to be afraid of.
- frightened feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:
- a frightened child
受惊的孩子 - She was frightened that the glass would break.
她担心玻璃会破碎。
- a frightened child
- scared (rather informal) feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:
指害怕、担心不幸的事可能发生： - The thieves got scared and ran away.
小偷慌张起来，都跑掉了。
- The thieves got scared and ran away.
用 afraid、frightened 还是 scared？ - terrified very frightened:
- I was terrified (that) she wouldn’t come.
我很害怕她不来。 - She looked at him with wide, terrified eyes.
她看着他，双目圆睁，充满恐惧。
- I was terrified (that) she wouldn’t come.
- alarmed afraid that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen:
- She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
- She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.
- paranoid (rather informal) afraid of other people for no reason or suspecting that they are trying to harm you, when really they are not:
- You’re just being paranoid.
你只是在疑神疑鬼。
- You’re just being paranoid.
- afraid/frightened/scared of spiders, etc.
- frightened/scared/paranoid about …
- afraid/frightened/scared/terrified that …
- afraid/frightened/scared to open the door, etc.
- Don’t be afraid/frightened/scared/alarmed.
Topics Feelingsa2- He wasn't sick, Sophie decided. He was just plain scared.
索菲断定他没病，只不过是受了惊吓。 - I'm feeling a little scared at the thought of the operation.
我一想到手术就有些害怕。 - It's only a little injection. It's nothing to be scared about.
只不过是打一小针而已，没什么好怕的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be running
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- at
- of
- …
- scared out of your wits
- scared stiff
- scared to death
- …
- The thieves got scared and ran away.
Idioms
be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow
- to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous
非常胆小（或十分紧张）
be frightened/scared/terrified out of your wits
(also to frighten/scare the wits out of somebody)
- to be very frightened; to frighten somebody very much
吓得魂不附体 - I was scared out of my wits!
我被吓得魂都没了！ - The latest news has scared the wits out of investors.
最新的消息把投资者吓坏了。
- I was scared out of my wits!
be scared/bored witless
- (informal) to be extremely frightened or bored
被吓破了胆；乏味得要命