alarmed
adjective /əˈlɑːmd/
/əˈlɑːrmd/
- alarmed (at/by something) anxious or afraid that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen
担心;害怕 - She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
Synonyms afraidafraid- 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.
Scared is more informal, more common in speech, and often describes small fears. Afraid cannot come before a noun. It can only take the preposition of, not about. If you are afraid/frightened/scared of somebody/something/doing something or afraid/frightened/scared to do something, you think you are in danger of being hurt or suffering in some way. If you are frightened/scared about something/doing something, it is less a fear for your personal safety and more a worry that something unpleasant might happen.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 Dangerb2, Feelingsb2- I was slightly alarmed by what Susan told me.
苏珊的话让我有点儿担忧。 - She began to grow alarmed when she realized how late it was.
她意识到天有多晚时,变得害怕起来。 - The doctors have decided to keep him in hospital overnight but there is nothing to be alarmed about.
医生决定让他留院一晚,但这没什么可担心的。 - The government is not unduly alarmed by these figures.
政府并没有因这些数字而过分担忧。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- at
- by
- nothing to be alarmed about
- She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.
- [not before noun] protected by an alarm
有警报装置 - This door is alarmed.
这扇门安装了警报器。
- This door is alarmed.