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单词 dread
释义
dread
dred drɛd
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense dreads, present participle dreading, past tense , past participle dreaded
1 VERB 非常担心;极为害怕 If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting. 非常担心;极为害怕 [Also VERB to-infinitive]
  • I'm dreading Christmas this year. [VERB noun/verb-ing]

    今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。

  • I dreaded coming back, to be honest. [VERB noun/-ing]

    说实话,我生怕回来。

  • I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day. [V n -ing]

    我的唇疱疹很严重,我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。

  • I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time. [VERB that]

    我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。

SYN fear, shrink from, be anxious about, flinch from
2 N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧 Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. 忧虑;恐惧
  • She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.

    她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。

SYN fear, alarm, horror, terror
3 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 可怕的;令人畏惧的 Dread means terrible and greatly feared. 可怕的;令人畏惧的 [literary]
  • ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.

    对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策

4 ADJ [ADJ n] 恼火的;生气的;不想要的 You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable. 恼火的;生气的;不想要的 [informal, feelings]
  • ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.

    令人不快的短语政治上正确

SYN frightening, terrible, alarming, awful
5 See also: dreaded 
6 PHRASE 不敢想 If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant. 不敢想
  • I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency.

    我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。

  • I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.

    我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

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