alarm:指由于某种可能发生的危险而使人惊恐、慌乱和担忧。
1. Oh, no. I forgot to turn the alarm clock on!
糟了!我忘了定闹钟!
2. an unsophisticated alarm system
一种简单的报警系统
3. She sat up in alarm.
她不安地坐了起来。
4. He fitted an alarm in his car.
他在轿车上安装了报警器。
5. The fire alarm went at 2 am.
火灾警报是在凌晨两点响起来的。
frighten:指对某种刺激短暂的心理,也可指非常恐惧的心理状态。一般有使人身体或意志受到影响的效应。
The situation was beginning to frighten me.
形势开始让我感到害怕。
Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists.
将会在高速公路边放置巡逻车模型,吓唬超速行驶的驾驶员。
scare:比frighten语气更强烈,而且可用于较正式场合,指令人胆怯、颤抖或逃跑的恐惧。
We've all had a nasty scare.
我们都被吓得不轻。
You gave me quite a scare!
你吓死我了!
terrify:语气更强烈,指剧烈的恐惧和焦虑,使人无法自我控制,可形容为令人“魂飞魄散”。
Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯•辛克莱会对谁有好处?
【试题精练】The moment someone broke into the factory, a burglar____rang in the police station.
A. alarm
B. warning
C. bell
D. threat
【答案】A. alarm n. 报警器;惊恐。warning n. 警告。bell n. 铃。threat n. 威胁。