dread
美 [dred]
英 [dred] 
- 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
- 网络惧怕;恐怖;可怕
词形变化
复数:dreads 过去分词:dreaded 现在分词:dreading 反义词
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英汉双解
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。 |
1. | [u][c][ususing] 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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例句
The possibility of encounter with him filled me with dread.
翻译可能遇到他让我充满了恐惧。
With such an organization of such a people the United States have nothing to dread from foreign invasion.
有这样一个民族,有这样一支军队,美国无惧于外敌入侵
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。
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。
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。”
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。”
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!
Remind yourself that most of what you dread never comes to pass, and we allow what is good to be ruined by what was or what might be.
提醒你自己大多数你害怕的事情永远不会发生,我们允许现在是好的但是过去曾被毁坏过或是将来要被毁坏的东西。
Her eyes fixed on him with the inquiring look that he had come to dread.
她的眼光正带着探问的神色在盯着他,这是使他变得畏惧的眼光。
Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
他的尊荣岂不叫你们惧怕吗?他的惊吓岂不临到你们吗?
He did not tell his daughter this; but Natasha perceived this dread and uneasiness of her father's, and felt mortified by it.
他没有把这件事告诉他女儿,但是娜塔莎明白父亲的恐惧心理和急躁情绪,她觉得自己受到了侮辱。
He bowed his head, clasped his hands, screwed his eyes shut, and intoned, "Give us this day our daily dread. "
他垂下头合起掌,闭上眼睛念到,“赐给我们今日的饮食。”
But I was already an emotional wreck, and the thought of thrashing out the details through dueling lawyers filled me with dread.
但是,当时我身心疲惫,想到还要通过律师纠缠那些具体的细节,我不禁心生恐惧。
Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?
是指望自己显得与众不同,是怕空气变得沉闷无味,还是只因吃得太饱的结果?
Amy, too, had a dear child named Beth, but she was a frail little creature and the dread of losing her was the shadow over Amy's sunshine.
艾米也有一个可爱的孩子取名贝思,但她是个纤弱的小东西,担心失掉她变成艾米幸福中的一个阴影。
However, the thrill was swiftly replaced by dread and anxiety: I didn't like the thought of her in the dark in that smelly cupboard.
然而,这种兴奋迅速被恐惧和不安所代替:一想到她呆在那个黑暗、有臭味的柜子里,我就不舒服。
Riding here in the powerful car with this white man who was so pleased with what he called his fate, I felt a sense of dread.
和这个对自己命运感到称心如意的白人同乘一辆阔气的轿车,我感到一阵恐惧。
Meeting new people filled him with vague dread.
会见陌生人使他感到莫名其妙的害怕。
Dread and some of the related emotions will often approach me by way of the nose.
恐怖以及类似的感觉常常通过鼻子传给我。
I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home.
我不敢设想他们如果无家可归将会怎么样。
He knew that almost everybody hated him, and so he was always in dread lost someone should take his life.
他知道,几乎人人都恨他,所以他总是提心吊胆,生怕别人要他的命。
I awoke at five with a feeling of dread.
我5点醒来,有点恐惧感。
If there is one thing I dread, it is being pulled about by a surgeon.
如果说有什么事叫我害怕,那就是受外科医生的折磨。
Sailors have a curious dread of the place.
海员对那地方怀有莫名其妙的恐惧。
But he did not mind his multitude of guests; indeed, he seemed to dread being alone now that his absorbing work was done.
但他根本不介意这些民众来打扰他,甚至可以说,在完成了这件伟大作品之后,他非常害怕独处。
I'd get a sickening sense of dread for the fortnight leading up to them, knowing that I would become a sleep-deprived grumpy, spotty hermit.
十四天的夜班后我发现感到胆战心惊的害怕,我很清楚的知道自己会变成一个睡眠不足的,性情乖戾情绪不稳的隐士。
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know, I had nothing to dread.
他朝我挤挤眼、点点头,瞬间然我感到没什么可怕的。
There was one part especially, the opening of it, which I should dread your having the power of reading again.
其中有些话,特别是开头那些话,我实在不愿意你再去看它。
She was not actually nervous about the wild beast, but she had a morbid dread of performing an atom more service than she had been paid for.
她倒并非真正害怕那野兽,而是绝对不愿多做一点没有报酬的事。
HAIFA STREET evokes more dread than almost any other place in Baghdad.
在巴格达,海法街比几乎任何地方都更唤起人们心头的恐惧。
Patient: Well doctor, at the beginning of every week I wake up with a sense of dread, a headache, my legs are shaking and I feel depressed.
病人:医生,每个星期的开端,我起床时感到畏惧和头痛,双腿发抖,觉得很沮丧。
My greatest dread about having a son was that I might have to take him to football matches.
有了儿子最糟糕的是,我可能要带他去看足球赛。
One of the things teachers dread is to have charge of a class dominated by a large, stupid, bullying boy.
当老师最怕的就是班里让一个四肢发达头脑简单而且欺负弱小的浑小子占了上风。
if i had time , and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing , i would know what all this means.
要是我有时间,要不是我怕撞见一本正经爱饶舌的仆人,我准会弄明白内中的缘由。
Feelings of dread, but a sort of elation, filled Jenna while she carried on a conversation with the young man on the phone.
简娜跟那个年轻人在电话里交谈的时候,心里充满了种种担忧,但也有种欢欣。
Enjoy yourself in the moment, without thinking of future things you dread, and the activity can be very pleasant and even fun.
享受此时此刻,别去想将来让你恐惧的事,行动是愉快的,甚至是有趣的。
Guo Yuhua, a sociology professor at Qinghua University in Beijing said the minghun custom stemmed from both dread and sympathy for the dead.
北京清华大学的社会学教授郭玉华说,这种冥婚习俗产生于对死者的恐惧,同时也是对死者的同情。
We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread until the point where hope is dimly visible.
我们让地狱不那么可怕,我们用渡船帮助受伤的魂灵度过恐惧之河,知道希望之光隐约可见。
In fact, I used to dread the visits to see him and count the hours until I could go home again.
实际上,我总害怕去探访他,在拜访中还常常倒数着时间盼望回家的那一刻。
They are almost all men, with a small attachment of women in non infantry jobs. Many are begging to see combat. Others dread the prospect.
士兵中大多数是男人,只有一少部分做技术工作的女性。大多数人都渴望战斗,其他人则对前途感到担忧。
For many the work-week-dread kicks in Sunday afternoon as you start anticipating another five days at the office.
因为对于许多有着周末恐惧症的人在星期天的下午就会抱怨,因为你要开始预计接下来五天的办公室生活。
Had there not always been an element of dread in the thought of beholding the mystery face to face ?
他每次想到就要看到那个谜的真面目,心里不是总带着几分恐慌吗?
It's better to ease the strain by allowing yourself to be mildly interested or even in a state of dread.
最好的办法就是缓解压力,充许自己保持那种微微有兴趣或者害怕的状态。
Little is known about this rite of passage, and that alone would be cause for dread.
因为仪式的流程本身就很少人有人知道,更不用提它的恐怖。