frighten的用法与搭配

frighten的用法与搭配

"frigthen"是一个及物动词，意思是使惊恐，使害怕。下面是一些常见的用法和搭配：

1. frighten someone:使某人害怕；例如：The loud noise

frightened the children.（那声巨响吓到了孩子们。）

2. be frightened of/by something/someone:害怕某物/某人；例如：He is frightened of spiders.（他害怕蜘蛛。）

3. be frightened into (doing) something:被吓得做某事；例如：She was frightened into confessing her crime.（她被吓得坦白了她的罪行。）

4. frighten away/off:吓跑某人；例如：The barking dog

frightened the burglar away.（狗的叫声吓跑了那个入室行窃的人。）

5. frighten to death:吓死；例如：That horror movie scared

me to death.（那部恐怖电影把我吓死了。）

其他常见的搭配有：frighten easily（容易受到惊吓），frighten the life out of someone（把某人吓得要命），frighten

the wits out of someone（把某人吓得魂飞魄散）。

可以使用一些形容词或副词来进一步描述般应用的程度：

- Extremely/intensely/terribly frightened:极度地害怕

- Slightly/a little frightened:稍微害怕

- Really/very frightened:非常害怕

拓展：除了描述害怕和惊恐的情绪，"frighten"还可以用于描述某种物体、事件或情况给人们带来的不安和担忧。例如：

- The increase in crime rates has frightened residents in

the neighborhood.（犯罪率的上升使居民们感到不安。）

- The prospect of losing their jobs frightens many

employees.（失业的前景使许多雇员感到担忧。）