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scare (obj)HskeE5, $skervto (cause to) feel frightened使惊恐，使害怕;受惊吓，感到害怕Sudden noises scare me. [T]突然的响声会吓我一跳。She's very brave--she doesn't scare easily. [I]她很勇敢----她不会轻易感到害怕。Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away/off the birds (= make them fly away by frightening them). [M]不要发出闹声，要不你会把鸟吓跑的。(fig.) If you charge as much as that you'll scare the customers away/off (= discourage them from buying anything). [M]如果你要价那么高，你会把顾客吓跑的。If you scare someone into/out of doing something, you persuade them to do/not to do something by frightening them.恐吓(某人)干/不干(某事)The two boys scared the old man into handing over his wallet. [T]这两个男孩恐吓老人逼他交出了钱包。We scared her out of telling the teacher what had happened. [T]我们吓唬她别把发生的事告诉老师。He scared me out of my wits/witless (= made me extremely frightened) when he tried to overtake a car while a bus was coming in the opposite direction.当他想要超车而对面正好有一辆公交车驰来时，我被他吓得半死。Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and anxious).与陌生人见面总是让我手足无措。She scared the pants off/the life out of me (= frightened me very much) when she crept up behind me and shouted in my ear.当她蹑手蹑脚地走到我身后冲着我耳朵大喊一声时，我被她吓飞了魂。(taboo) Coming face to face with the burglar scared me shitless (= made me extremely frightened).当我和那个破门盗窃者撞个满怀时，我吓得屁滚尿流。
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