dread
美 [drɛd]
英 [dred]
- n.恐惧；〔古语〕敬畏；畏惧的事物；紧张
- v.害怕；担心；〔古语〕敬畏；预感到
- 网络惧怕；恐怖；可怕
复数：dreads 过去分词：dreaded 现在分词：dreading
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1. | 非常害怕；极为担心to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen |
This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。 | |
I dread being sick. 我特别害怕生病。 | |
She dreads her husband finding out. 她生怕丈夫察觉出来。 | |
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. 我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。 | |
I both hoped and dreaded that he would come. 我既希望又害怕他来。 |
1. | [u][c][ususing] 恐惧；令人惧怕的事物a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling |
The prospect of growing old fills me with dread . 想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。 | |
She has an irrational dread of hospitals. 她对医院有莫名的恐惧。 | |
The committee members live in dread of(= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal. 委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。 | |
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out. 我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。 |