dread

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  • n.恐惧；〔古语〕敬畏；畏惧的事物；紧张
  • v.害怕；担心；〔古语〕敬畏；预感到
  • Web惧怕；恐怖；可怕
Plural Form：dreads  Past Participle：dreaded  Present Participle：dreading  

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Dread
v.
1.
非常害怕；极为担心to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen
This was the moment he had been dreading.
这是他一直最担心的时刻。
I dread being sick.
我特别害怕生病。
She dreads her husband finding out.
她生怕丈夫察觉出来。
I 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。
I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.
我既希望又害怕他来。
n.
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恐惧；令人惧怕的事物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。

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AllAll,恐惧恐惧,〔古语〕敬畏〔古语〕敬畏,畏惧的事物畏惧的事物,紧张紧张,害怕害怕,担心担心,预感到预感到,惧怕惧怕,恐怖恐怖,可怕可怕
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1.
The possibility of encounter with him filled me with dread.
翻译可能遇到他让我充满了恐惧。
fān yì kě néng yù dào tā ràng wǒ chōng mǎn le kǒng jù 。
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2.
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.
我觉得我太不明智了，居然让她自己上网，一想到可能发生的后果，便觉后怕。
wǒ jué de wǒ tài bù míng zhì le , jū rán ràng tā zì jǐ shàng wǎng , yī xiǎng dào kě néng fā shēng de hòu guǒ , biàn jué hòu pà 。
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3.
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，除了让她精神沮丧，总是因害怕下一个就轮到她而紧张之外，没有别的效果。
dàn tā zài duǒ lā shēn shàng , chú le ràng tā jīng shén jǔ sàng , zǒng shì yīn hài pà xià yī gè jiù lún dào tā ér jǐn zhāng zhī wài , méi yǒu bié de xiào guǒ 。
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Holiday delays at the nation's airports have become such a fixture that President Bush last week called it "a season of dread. "
机场的节日延误都成为了一个必然，以致布什总统上个星期称之为“一个可怕的季节。”
jī chǎng de jié rì yán wù dōu chéng wèi le yī gè bì rán , yǐ zhì bù shí zǒng tǒng shàng gè xīng qī chēng zhī wéi " yī gè kě pà de jì jié 。 "
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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.
他那将要成为母亲的妻子，可能又要无声却担心地观看他的比赛，但马萨坚持他将再次不遗余力。
tā nà jiāng yào chéng wéi mǔ qīn de qī zi , kě néng yòu yào wú shēng què dān xīn de guān kàn tā de bǐ sài , dàn mǎ sà jiān chí tā jiāng zài cì bù yí yú lì 。
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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.
我们大部分人都害怕当众讲话，但如果你把它看做是一种简单的交流，或是对他人的帮助而已，那么你就不会紧张了。
wǒ men dà bù fen rén dōu hài pà dāng zhòng jiǎng huà , dàn rú guǒ nǐ bǎ tā kàn zuò shì yī zhǒng jiǎn dān de jiāo liú , huò shì duì tā rén de bāng zhù ér yǐ , nà me nǐ jiù bú huì jǐn zhāng le 。
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Isabel's chief dread in life at this period of her development was that she should appear narrow - minded .
伊莎贝尔在生活中的这个发展时期，最怕自己显得心胸狭窄。
yī shā bèi ěr zài shēng huó zhōng de zhè ge fā zhǎn shí qī , zuì pà zì jǐ xiǎn de xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi 。
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Her great fear and dread would cause her to scream at the alien-looking entities to leave them alone.
她非常害怕和恐惧会导致她在外国人看实体尖叫让他们孤独。
tā fēi cháng hài pà hé kǒng jù huì dǎo zhì tā zài wài guó rén kàn shí tǐ jiān jiào ràng tā men gū dú 。
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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.
我处于一种吓呆了的状态，匆匆忙忙跑出去，跟约瑟夫说——“主人要你给他拿支蜡烛，再把炉火生起来。”
wǒ chǔ yú yī zhǒng xià dāi le de zhuàng tài , cōng cōng máng máng pǎo chū qù , gēn yuē sè fū shuō —— " zhǔ rén yào nǐ gěi tā ná zhī là zhú , zài bǎ lú huǒ shēng qǐ lái 。 "
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The boy began to quake with dread . . . this was no ordinary lecture for being bad!
男孩开始害怕地发抖…这可是对坏人不一般的训话！
nán hái kāi shǐ hài pà de fā dǒu … zhè kě shì duì huài rén bù yì bān de xùn huà !
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