alarm, frighten, startle, terrify, scare, intimidate

動(dòng)詞 frighten:

1. cause fear in
   同義詞：fright, scare, affright
2. drive out by frightening

1. The children's shouts frightened off the birds.
   孩子們的喊聲把鳥兒嚇飛了。
2. The little baby was frightened by the fierce dog.
   那個(gè)小孩被惡狗嚇壞了。
3. He frightened the old man into giving him all the money.
   他恐嚇那位老人把所有的錢都給了他。

fright.en

v.（動(dòng)詞）
fright.ened,fright.en.ing,fright.ens
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To fill with fear; alarm.
充滿恐懼；驚恐
To drive or force by arousing fear:
用恐嚇來(lái)強(qiáng)迫：
例句：
The suspect was frightened into confessing.
嫌疑犯在被逼供

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To become afraid.
變得害怕

【引伸】
fright.ener
n.（名詞）
fright.eningly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>frighten,scare,alarm,terrify,terrorize,startle,panicThese verbs mean to cause a person to experience fear.
這些動(dòng)詞意思是使一個(gè)人感到害怕。
Frighten and the less formalscare are the most widely applicable terms:
Frighten 和不太正式用語(yǔ)scare 是最常用的詞：
例句：
.Better be killed than frightened to death. (Robert Smith Surtees).
.被殺死也比被嚇?biāo)缽?qiáng). （羅伯特·史密斯·瑟蒂斯）。

例句：
Don`t let the size of the task scare you.
這么多任務(wù)，別嚇壞了你。

Alarm implies the often sudden onset of fear or apprehension:
Alarm 暗示恐懼或焦慮的經(jīng)常性的突然出現(xiàn)：
例句：
Her sudden and inexplicable loss of weight alarmed her doctor.
她的體重突然令人費(fèi)解的減輕嚇壞了她的醫(yī)生。

Terrify implies overwhelming, often paralyzing fear:
Terrify 暗示了無(wú)法抵抗的、令人癱瘓的恐懼：
例句：
.The regulars, terrified by the yells of the Indians . . . gathered themselves into a body. (George Bancroft).
.正規(guī)兵們被印度人的怒吼嚇壞了…縮成了一團(tuán). （喬治·班克羅夫特）。

Terrorize implies fear that intimidates;the word sometimes suggests deliberate coercion:
Terrorize 暗示受威脅而害怕；此詞有時(shí)指有意的強(qiáng)制或高壓統(tǒng)治：
例句：
.premeditated and systematized terrorizing of the civil populations. (Edith Wharton).
.有計(jì)劃、有組織地控制國(guó)內(nèi)人口. （伊迪絲·沃頓）。

Startle suggests fear that shocks momentarilyand may cause a sudden, involuntary movement of the body:
Startle 指短時(shí)間內(nèi)叫人震驚的恐懼，可能造成突然的不由自主的身體不能動(dòng)彈：
例句：
The clap of thunder startled us.
雷鳴般的掌聲驚呆了我。

Panic implies sudden frantic fear that often impairs self-control and rationality:
Panic 暗示突然出現(xiàn)的狂亂的恐懼常常影響到自控或理智：
例句：
The radio drama was so realistic that it panicked listeners who tuned in after it had begun.
這部廣播劇如此逼近現(xiàn)實(shí)，它開播后使聽眾恐慌