dread
美 [dred]
英 [dred] 
- n.恐懼;〔古語〕敬畏;畏懼的事物;緊張
- v.害怕;擔心;〔古語〕敬畏;預感到
- 網絡懼怕;恐怖;可怕
詞形變化
復數:dreads 過去分詞:dreaded 現在分詞:dreading 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 非常害怕;極為擔心to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen |
| This was the moment he had been dreading. 這是他一直最擔心的時刻。 |
| I dread being sick. 我特別害怕生病。 |
| She dreads her husband finding out. 她生怕丈夫察覺出來。 |
| I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. 我不敢想象假如這兒真的發(fā)生火災會是什么情景。 |
| I both hoped and dreaded that he would come. 我既希望又害怕他來。 |
1. | [u][c][ususing] 恐懼;令人懼怕的事物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 . 想到人會一天天老下去便使我充滿恐懼。 |
| She has an irrational dread of hospitals. 她對醫(yī)院有莫名的恐懼。 |
| The committee members live in dread of(= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal. 委員會成員整天提心吊膽,生怕有什么事會引起流言蜚語。 |
| My greatest dread is that my parents will find out. 我最擔心的就是父母會察覺出來。 |
英漢解釋
n. | |
v. | 1. 恐怕,害怕,怕;擔心,愁,膽戰(zhàn)心寒,恐慌 |
英英解釋
例句
The possibility of encounter with him filled me with dread.
翻譯可能遇到他讓我充滿了恐懼。
With such an organization of such a people the United States have nothing to dread from foreign invasion.
有這樣一個民族,有這樣一支軍隊,美國無懼于外敵入侵
I don't think I was very clever, leaving her to go on the computer by herself and I dread to think what might have happened.
我覺得我太不明智了,居然讓她自己上網,一想到可能發(fā)生的后果,便覺后怕。
but it had no other effect upon Dora tha to depress her spirits, and make her always nervous with the dread that it would be her turn next.
但它在朵拉身上,除了讓她精神沮喪,總是因害怕下一個就輪到她而緊張之外,沒有別的效果。
Holiday delays at the nation's airports have become such a fixture that President Bush last week called it "a season of dread. "
機場的節(jié)日延誤都成為了一個必然,以致布什總統(tǒng)上個星期稱之為“一個可怕的季節(jié)?!?/jz>
His wife, who will then also be a mother, might watch in silent dread but Massa insists he shall push himself to the limit again.
他那將要成為母親的妻子,可能又要無聲卻擔心地觀看他的比賽,但馬薩堅持他將再次不遺余力。
Most of us dread making a speech to a group, but if you think of it as simple communication or helping others, you won't be nervous.
我們大部分人都害怕當眾講話,但如果你把它看做是一種簡單的交流,或是對他人的幫助而已,那么你就不會緊張了。
Isabel's chief dread in life at this period of her development was that she should appear narrow - minded .
伊莎貝爾在生活中的這個發(fā)展時期,最怕自己顯得心胸狹窄。
Her great fear and dread would cause her to scream at the alien-looking entities to leave them alone.
她非常害怕和恐懼會導致她在外國人看實體尖叫讓他們孤獨。
I hurried out in a foolish state of dread, and said to Joseph: `The master wishes you to take him a light and rekindle the fire.
我處于一種嚇呆了的狀態(tài),匆匆忙忙跑出去,跟約瑟夫說——“主人要你給他拿支蠟燭,再把爐火生起來?!?/jz>
The boy began to quake with dread . . . this was no ordinary lecture for being bad!
男孩開始害怕地發(fā)抖…這可是對壞人不一般的訓話!
Remind yourself that most of what you dread never comes to pass, and we allow what is good to be ruined by what was or what might be.
提醒你自己大多數你害怕的事情永遠不會發(fā)生,我們允許現在是好的但是過去曾被毀壞過或是將來要被毀壞的東西。
Her eyes fixed on him with the inquiring look that he had come to dread.
她的眼光正帶著探問的神色在盯著他,這是使他變得畏懼的眼光。
Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
他的尊榮豈不叫你們懼怕嗎?他的驚嚇豈不臨到你們嗎?
He did not tell his daughter this; but Natasha perceived this dread and uneasiness of her father's, and felt mortified by it.
他沒有把這件事告訴他女兒,但是娜塔莎明白父親的恐懼心理和急躁情緒,她覺得自己受到了侮辱。
He bowed his head, clasped his hands, screwed his eyes shut, and intoned, "Give us this day our daily dread. "
他垂下頭合起掌,閉上眼睛念到,“賜給我們今日的飲食?!?/jz>
But I was already an emotional wreck, and the thought of thrashing out the details through dueling lawyers filled me with dread.
但是,當時我身心疲憊,想到還要通過律師糾纏那些具體的細節(jié),我不禁心生恐懼。
Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?
是指望自己顯得與眾不同,是怕空氣變得沉悶無味,還是只因吃得太飽的結果?
Amy, too, had a dear child named Beth, but she was a frail little creature and the dread of losing her was the shadow over Amy's sunshine.
艾米也有一個可愛的孩子取名貝思,但她是個纖弱的小東西,擔心失掉她變成艾米幸福中的一個陰影。
However, the thrill was swiftly replaced by dread and anxiety: I didn't like the thought of her in the dark in that smelly cupboard.
然而,這種興奮迅速被恐懼和不安所代替:一想到她呆在那個黑暗、有臭味的柜子里,我就不舒服。
Riding here in the powerful car with this white man who was so pleased with what he called his fate, I felt a sense of dread.
和這個對自己命運感到稱心如意的白人同乘一輛闊氣的轎車,我感到一陣恐懼。
Meeting new people filled him with vague dread.
會見陌生人使他感到莫名其妙的害怕。
Dread and some of the related emotions will often approach me by way of the nose.
恐怖以及類似的感覺常常通過鼻子傳給我。
I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home.
我不敢設想他們如果無家可歸將會怎么樣。
He knew that almost everybody hated him, and so he was always in dread lost someone should take his life.
他知道,幾乎人人都恨他,所以他總是提心吊膽,生怕別人要他的命。
I awoke at five with a feeling of dread.
我5點醒來,有點恐懼感。
If there is one thing I dread, it is being pulled about by a surgeon.
如果說有什么事叫我害怕,那就是受外科醫(yī)生的折磨。
Sailors have a curious dread of the place.
海員對那地方懷有莫名其妙的恐懼。
But he did not mind his multitude of guests; indeed, he seemed to dread being alone now that his absorbing work was done.
但他根本不介意這些民眾來打擾他,甚至可以說,在完成了這件偉大作品之后,他非常害怕獨處。
I'd get a sickening sense of dread for the fortnight leading up to them, knowing that I would become a sleep-deprived grumpy, spotty hermit.
十四天的夜班后我發(fā)現感到膽戰(zhàn)心驚的害怕,我很清楚的知道自己會變成一個睡眠不足的,性情乖戾情緒不穩(wěn)的隱士。
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know, I had nothing to dread.
他朝我擠擠眼、點點頭,瞬間然我感到沒什么可怕的。
There was one part especially, the opening of it, which I should dread your having the power of reading again.
其中有些話,特別是開頭那些話,我實在不愿意你再去看它。
She was not actually nervous about the wild beast, but she had a morbid dread of performing an atom more service than she had been paid for.
她倒并非真正害怕那野獸,而是絕對不愿多做一點沒有報酬的事。
HAIFA STREET evokes more dread than almost any other place in Baghdad.
在巴格達,海法街比幾乎任何地方都更喚起人們心頭的恐懼。
Patient: Well doctor, at the beginning of every week I wake up with a sense of dread, a headache, my legs are shaking and I feel depressed.
病人:醫(yī)生,每個星期的開端,我起床時感到畏懼和頭痛,雙腿發(fā)抖,覺得很沮喪。
My greatest dread about having a son was that I might have to take him to football matches.
有了兒子最糟糕的是,我可能要帶他去看足球賽。
One of the things teachers dread is to have charge of a class dominated by a large, stupid, bullying boy.
當老師最怕的就是班里讓一個四肢發(fā)達頭腦簡單而且欺負弱小的渾小子占了上風。
if i had time , and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing , i would know what all this means.
要是我有時間,要不是我怕撞見一本正經愛饒舌的仆人,我準會弄明白內中的緣由。
Feelings of dread, but a sort of elation, filled Jenna while she carried on a conversation with the young man on the phone.
簡娜跟那個年輕人在電話里交談的時候,心里充滿了種種擔憂,但也有種歡欣。
Enjoy yourself in the moment, without thinking of future things you dread, and the activity can be very pleasant and even fun.
享受此時此刻,別去想將來讓你恐懼的事,行動是愉快的,甚至是有趣的。
Guo Yuhua, a sociology professor at Qinghua University in Beijing said the minghun custom stemmed from both dread and sympathy for the dead.
北京清華大學的社會學教授郭玉華說,這種冥婚習俗產生于對死者的恐懼,同時也是對死者的同情。
We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread until the point where hope is dimly visible.
我們讓地獄不那么可怕,我們用渡船幫助受傷的魂靈度過恐懼之河,知道希望之光隱約可見。
In fact, I used to dread the visits to see him and count the hours until I could go home again.
實際上,我總害怕去探訪他,在拜訪中還常常倒數著時間盼望回家的那一刻。
They are almost all men, with a small attachment of women in non infantry jobs. Many are begging to see combat. Others dread the prospect.
士兵中大多數是男人,只有一少部分做技術工作的女性。大多數人都渴望戰(zhàn)斗,其他人則對前途感到擔憂。
For many the work-week-dread kicks in Sunday afternoon as you start anticipating another five days at the office.
因為對于許多有著周末恐懼癥的人在星期天的下午就會抱怨,因為你要開始預計接下來五天的辦公室生活。
Had there not always been an element of dread in the thought of beholding the mystery face to face ?
他每次想到就要看到那個謎的真面目,心里不是總帶著幾分恐慌嗎?
It's better to ease the strain by allowing yourself to be mildly interested or even in a state of dread.
最好的辦法就是緩解壓力,充許自己保持那種微微有興趣或者害怕的狀態(tài)。
Little is known about this rite of passage, and that alone would be cause for dread.
因為儀式的流程本身就很少人有人知道,更不用提它的恐怖。