dread的过去式是:dreaded。dread的详尽释义是v.(动词)惧怕,害怕,怕,恐惧,恐怕,畏惧担心,愁敬畏预感到使敬畏。dread的词语用法是v.(动词)dread的基本意思是“惧怕,担心”,指巨大地、长期地、持续地恐惧,也指面临危险时失去勇气而胆怯。在句中主要用作及物动词,其后可接名词、代词或动名词作宾语,也可接动词不定式或that引导的从句。
一、详尽释义点此查看dread的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.非常担心;极为害怕
If youdread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
e.g. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
e.g. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
说实话,我生怕回来。
2.忧虑;恐惧
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
e.g. She thought withdread of the cold winters to come.
她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
3.可怕的;令人畏惧的
Dread means terrible and greatly feared.
e.g. ...a more effective national policy to combat thisdread disease.
对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
4.恼火的;生气的;不想要的
You can usedread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
e.g. ...thedread phrase 'politically correct'.
令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
5. see also: dreaded
6.不敢想
If you say that youdread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
e.g. Idread 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。
e.g. Idread 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。
四、例句
I dread having to visit the dentist .
我害怕看牙医。
I dread to think what will happen if she finds out the truth.
我不敢去想她知道真相后会怎么样。
Much of what we dread is really due to indistinctness of outline.
畏生于不明,大抵如此。
The Jews lived in dread of being caught.
这些犹太人生活在会遭到拘捕的恐惧之中。
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.
我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。
A raid from the north, on the other hand, must have been a matter for dread.
另一方面,来自北部的袭击必然是一件可怕的事。
The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.
乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。
五、常见句型
六、经典引文
The dread of loneliness being keener than the fear of bondage, we get married.
出自:C. ConnollyA bondage dreader far than death.
出自:F. W. FaberThe dread possibility..of being expelled.
出自:R. EllisonI sometimes dread that all is not right at home.
出自:T. MooreThe thing I hoped for and had dreaded to miss.
出自:J. BuchanMrs Ruskin hated Scotland and..dreaded going there.
出自:P. Rose七、词义辨析
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