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dreadBrE /dred/NAmE /dred/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they dread BrE /dred/ NAmE /dred/present simple - he / she / it dreads BrE /dredz/ NAmE /dredz/past simple dreaded BrE /ˈdredɪd/ NAmE /ˈdredɪd/past participle dreaded BrE /ˈdredɪd/ NAmE /ˈdredɪd/ -ing form dreading BrE /ˈdredɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈdredɪŋ/to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen 非常害怕；极为担心◆~ sthThis was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。◆~ doing sthI dread being sick. 我特别害怕生病。◆~ sb doing sthShe dreads her husband finding out. 她生怕丈夫察觉出来。◆~ to do sthI dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. 我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。◆~ that…I both hoped and dreaded that he would come. 我既希望又害怕他来。 dreadBrE /dred/NAmE /dred/ noun [U, C, usually sing.] a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling 恐惧；令人惧怕的事物◆The prospect of growing old fills me with dread. 想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。◆She has an irrational dread of hospitals. 她对医院有莫名的恐惧。◆The committee members live in dread of (= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal. 委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。◆My greatest dread is that my parents will find out. 我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。 |