緊接
上一講
，來看看英文怎么形容“讓我們感到害怕的那些東西”。
1.??terrify: to make someone feel very frightened
例：
The idea of going down into the caves
terrified her.（想到要深入洞穴，她很害怕。）
The teacher terrified her so much that she
hated going to school.（她很怕老師，所以很討厭上學(xué)。）
My uncle suffers from agoraphobia, and the
idea of leaving the house terrifies him.（我叔叔患有陌生環(huán)境恐懼癥，想到要出門，他就很害怕。）
it terrifies somebody to think/know etc.
It terrified him to think that, in six
months' time, he would have to stand up in front of a class and teach them something.（一想到6個(gè)月后他就要站上講臺教書，他就很害怕。）
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2. give somebody a fright: to make
someone suddenly feel frightened so that they make a sudden movement or their
heart starts beating quickly
例：
He really gave me a fright when he phoned
at that time of night.（他晚上那個(gè)點(diǎn)打電話來，真嚇了我一跳。）
When you jumped out from behind the door it
gave me such a fright!（你從門后跳出來，真嚇了我一跳?。?/span>
give somebody a hell of a fright (=make someone suddenly very frightened)（備注：''give somebody a hell of a
fright''較口語化）
I accidentally touched a live wire in the
motor, and even though it didn't hurt me it gave me a hell of a fright.（不小心碰到引擎上一根帶電的電線，雖然沒受傷，但我嚇了一跳。）
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3. alarm: to make people feel very
worried about a possible danger
例：
We don't wish to alarm people
unnecessarily, but it would be wise to avoid drinking the tap water here.（我們不想無謂地嚇唬人，但在這兒不喝自來水是明智之舉。）
Many women are alarmed by suggestions of a
link between the contraceptive pill and breast cancer.（很多婦女都被警告說，避孕藥會導(dǎo)致乳癌。）
The rapid spread of the disease has alarmed
many people.（疾病迅速傳播，大家很害怕。）
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4. startle: if someone or something
startles you, they frighten you because you see them suddenly or hear them when
you did not know they were there
例：
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.（抱歉，我不是故意嚇你的。）
The noise startled him, and he dropped his
glass on the floor.（這響聲把他嚇了一跳，眼鏡都掉地上了。）
She was startled into wakefulness by a loud
noise.（一聲巨響把她嚇醒了。）
Any unexpected movements can startle the
animal, so it must be approached slowly and steadily.（任何風(fēng)吹草動都會驚到這個(gè)小動物，所以一定要穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地、慢慢地走近它。）
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5. make somebody jump: to suddenly
surprise and frighten someone so that they make a sudden movement
例：
Sorry! I didn't mean to make you jump.（抱歉，我不是故意要嚇你一跳。）
Something darted out from behind the hedge
and made me jump.（樹叢后有東西竄出來，嚇了我一跳。）
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6. the creeps: if a person or a
place gives you the creeps or you get the creeps, they make you feel slightly
frightened and nervous because they are strange
例：
This house gives me the creeps - it's so
dark and quiet.（這所房子好黑好安靜，我心里有點(diǎn)毛毛的。）
I hate being left alone in the office with
Tom - he gives me the creeps.（我不喜歡跟湯姆單獨(dú)呆在一間辦公室，我有點(diǎn)兒怕他。）
I get the creeps every time he walks by.（每次經(jīng)過他身邊，我心里都有點(diǎn)毛毛的。）
與''give
somebody the creeps/get the creeps''類似的還有''creep out''。
例：
That guy really creeps me out.（我看到那個(gè)人，心里真有點(diǎn)毛毛的。）
I felt crept out being alone in the office
at night.（晚上一個(gè)人在辦公室，心里毛毛的。）
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