frightening
adjective /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/
/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/
- making you feel afraid
引起恐惧的；使惊恐的；骇人的 - a frightening experience/prospect/thought
可怕的经历／景象／想法 - a truly frightening horror movie
一部真正恐怖的恐怖电影 - The noise was frightening.
那声音很可怕。 - it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc… It's frightening to think it could happen again.
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。 - frightening to somebody It was all very frightening to a small boy.
这对一个小男孩来说非常可怕。 - frightening for somebody This is extremely frightening for elderly people.
这对老年人来说极其可怕。
- The situation was getting frightening.
局势变得可怕起来。 - What can we do to make the experience less frightening?
我们怎样才能使这事儿不那么吓人呢？
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- for
- to
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought