horrify

英 [ˈhɒrɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ]

v.  惊吓; 使厌恶; 恐吓

过去分词：horrified　过去式：horrified　第三人称单数：horrifies　现在分词：horrifying　

IELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.14959 / COCA.9604

牛津词典

verb

• 惊吓；使厌恶；恐吓
  to make sb feel extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened
  1. The whole country was horrified by the killings.
     全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
  2. It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.
     一想到他杀过人，她就感到毛骨悚然。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使感到震惊;使毛骨悚然;使产生反感
  If someoneis horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard.
  1. His family were horrified by the change.
     他的家人对这一变化感到震惊。
  2. ...a crime trend that will horrify all parents.
     会让所有父母感到毛骨悚然的犯罪趋势

英英释义

verb

• fill with apprehension or alarm
  1. I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
  2. The news of the executions horrified us
  Synonym:dismayalarmappalappall

双语例句

• Needless to say, such radical ideas would horrify the prudent burghers of Switzerland.
  不用说，如此激进的想法会吓坏谨慎的瑞士公民。
• I love what I do and I enjoy the townswheresI teach, but sometimes I witness things here that horrify me.
  我热爱自己的工作，也喜欢任教的这座小城。
• His family were horrified by the change.
  他的家人对这一变化感到震惊。
• I daresay such conclusions will horrify many observers on both sides of the political divide.
  我敢说，这样的结论将让很多在政治上存在分歧的观察人士都感到恐惧。
• This argument will horrify most policy makers, not to mention mainstream economists.
  这一观点将让大多数政策制定者感到震惊，更不必说主流经济学家了。
• It is a choice the dominant creditor nation, Germany, must make among big steps to integration that horrify many of its people, a future of horrible crises or a horrible break up right now.
  主要债权国德国必须做出的选择是：要么大步迈向让很多德国人感到恐惧的一体化，要么走向充满可怕危机的未来，要么现在就进行可怕的解体。
• All I can say is tune in, Gillies says, because Elijahs gonna shock and possibly even horrify a few.
  他说：我只能说，大家记得去看，因为Elijah将会让所有人震惊甚至是恐惧。
• These are acts that will horrify civilizations.
  这些是令文明国家震惊的行为。
• The notion that Barbie is an educational toy might horrify the feminists among us, but it just might work among the stiletto-heeled Shanghainese.
  芭比是一个有教育意义的玩具的观念，可能会让我们当中的女权主义者感到惊恐，但在穿细高跟鞋的上海人中，却可能恰恰行得通。
• Such sentiments might horrify some corporate executives.
  这种热情可能会让一些公司高管大为惊骇。