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]
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I'm dreading Christmas this year. [VERB noun/verb-ing]
今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
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I dreaded coming back, to be honest. [VERB noun/-ing]
说实话,我生怕回来。
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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。
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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
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]
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]
SYN frightening, terrible, alarming, awful
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
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