Dread
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vt. 害怕，担心;（古语）敬畏;
n. 恐惧，畏惧;令人恐惧的事物;
adj. 可怕的;
vi. 十分害怕;
📝 例句
I grew to await it with a nameless dread.
我心头发生了无名的恐怖，期待着。
A slowly rising dread stole into me.
一个缓缓而来的恐惧占据了我的心。
Plague was a great dread.
瘟疫曾是十分恐怖的事。
Hitherto she had felt no dread with regard to the coming interview.
先前，她对于即将进行的会谈并不感到害怕。
They lived in hourly dread of discovery.
他们时时刻刻担心被人发觉。
🌱 联想助记
【串】我很dread(害怕)read(阅读)祖国被tread(践踏),侵略者四处spread(传播)谣言的这段历史
【记】※ dread-惧怕,dead-死:有人惧怕死
※ dead-死,r-拼音“人”:死人让人恐惧和害怕
※ d-拼音“弟”,read-阅读:弟弟阅读恐怖小说,感到很害怕
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
dread
n
1 [U, C] great fear; terror 恐惧; 畏惧
He has always stood in dread of his father. 他一见到他父亲就害怕.
She has a dread of hospitals. 她害怕医院.
2 [C] thing that is greatly feared 令人惧怕的事物
Poverty is many people's constant dread. 人常怕受穷. dread, v [Tn, Tf, Tt, Tg, Tsg]
fear (sth) greatly 惧怕, 害怕, 畏惧（某事）
dread illness/being ill 害怕生病
I dread that I may never see you again. 我很怕再也见不到你了.
We all dread to think what will happen if the factory closes. 假如工厂关闭可怎麽办, 我们想及此事都不寒而栗.
The moment I had been dreading had arrived. 使我一直忐忑不安的时刻已经来到. dreaded adj greatly feared 非常可怕的
the dreaded scourge of smallpox 可怕的天花祸害.
🎯 考研助记
dead(死)+r(花):死人里面长出一朵花- 恐惧的
🔁 扩展释义
*[dred]n. 恐惧, 可怕的人(或事)a. 可怕的, 可怖的vt. 恐惧, 害怕vi. 恐惧, 害怕【医】 恐怖, 恐惧
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No, I'm sure it's not.
是的，我确信不如。
Sending a fax is more expensive than posting a letter, but much quicker.
发传真比寄信要贵些，但是要快得多。
That's right.
对啦。