terror
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Terror is very great fear. 恐懼
I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane. 我每次要坐飛機時都害怕得發抖。
2. N-UNCOUNT Terror is violence or the threat of violence, especially when it is used for political reasons. 恐怖活動
...the war on terror. …反恐戰爭。
The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign. 對首都的炸彈襲擊可能標志著選擧前的恐怖活動的開始。
3. N-COUNT A terror is something that makes you very frightened. 使人恐懼的事物
As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people. 他小時候其實非常害怕見人。
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terror /ˈtɛrə/ (terrors)
剑桥词典
- B2 [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
- They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder .
- Her terror was compounded by the feeling that she was being watched .
- Nearly every new parent feels an amalgam of joy and terror.
- The political repression in this country is enforced by terror.
- She felt panic and terror rise in her whenever she thought of the future .
extreme fear
（暴行引起的）恐懼，驚駭
They fled from the city in terror. 他們驚恐萬分地逃離了該市。
There was sheer /abject terror in her eyes when he came back into the room . 儅他廻到屋裡時，她的眼中充滿了恐懼。
What he said struck terror in my heart (= made me very frightened ). 他的話使我膽戰心驚。
Heights have/hold no terrors for me (= do not frighten me). 我不恐高。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] informal
someone, especially a child , who behaves badly and is difficult to control
討厭鬼（尤指小孩）
My brother is a little terror. 我弟弟是個小討厭鬼。
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