1. 恐吓 ，吓唬，威胁
2. 使恐怖，使恐惧，使惊吓，使十分害怕，使...悚然，使人心惊肉跳

1. vt. 吓坏,吓破胆 fill with terror or fear

1. fill with terror; frighten greatly

1.吓坏;使极度恐慌;使非常害怕
If somethingterrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened.

e.g. Flying terrifies him...
坐飞机让他害怕得要命。
e.g. The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me.
缓慢而痛苦地死去的想法使我恐惧不已。

1. 恐吓：sulfide 硫化物 |terrify 恐吓 | testify 证明

2. 惊吓：terrific 非常的 |terrify 惊吓 | territory 领土

3. 使害怕,使恐惧：airplane飞机 |terrify使害怕;使恐惧 | be terrified of 害怕......;恐'瞑......

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4. 使害怕,使惊吓;使人感到恐怖：terminal a末端的 n终点 |terrify 使害怕,使惊吓;使人感到恐怖 | terror n恐怖活动;引起恐怖的人

1. You terrify me!
   你吓了我一跳。
2. That sort of thing terrifies people.
   那种事令人恐怖。
3. The thunder terrified the child.
   雷声把这个孩子吓坏了。
4. The prospect of nuclear warfare terrifies the population.
   核战争的前景使人民感到恐怖。
5. Low-flying aircrafts terrify the wild animals.
   低空飞行的飞机使野兽惊恐不安。
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6. She was terrified of snakes.
   她怕蛇。
7. The old lady was terrified of crossing the busy road.
   老太太害怕横穿行人车辆多的马路。
8. The child was terrified at the noise.
   那小孩听到那响声吓坏了。
9. The little girl was terrified by lightning.
   那小女孩被闪电吓坏了。
10. You are a wonderful rider,I was terrified that you might be thrown.
    你确实是个了不起的骑手,我还怕你被摔下来呢。

terrify into (v.+prep.)

恐吓(…)使之 persuade (sb) through great fear into (doing sth)
terrify sb into sth/v-ing

He terrified the boy into telling a lie.

他胁迫那小男孩撒谎。

They terrified the boy into not telling what he had seen.

他们恐吓那孩子使其不把所看到的情况说出来。

The enemy terrified him into making a compromise.

敌人威逼他作出让步。

He was terrified into compliance.

他被吓唬得屈服了。

terrify out of (v.+adv.+prep.)

吓得某人魂不附体 make sb greatly afraid
terrify sb out of sth

You terrified me out of my wits, threatening to kill yourself!

你威胁说要自杀,我吓得都没魂了。

I was terrified out of my mind, giving my first public performance.

我第一次公开演出时,吓得要命。

• It may terrify her to death.

  出自：Sir W. Scott

• The bullfight..made a terrifying impression on him.

  出自：P. Roazen

• She forced the whole story out of her..inexperienced, terrified, and pale-as-ashes mother.

  出自：A. Walker

1. terrify的基本意思是“吓坏”“吓破胆”,指某事的发生使某人感到或充满着恐惧,强调无法自控的心理状态。
2. terrify是及物动词,接名词、代词或that从句作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. terrify的过去分词terrified可用作形容词,在句中作表语。

alarm，frighten，startle，terrify，scare，intimidate

这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。

alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。

frighten普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。

startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。

terrify语气最强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。

scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。

intimidate特指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。