v. 畏懼,擔心;<古>敬畏
n. 害怕,畏懼;令人生畏的人,可怕的事物;(鷗鳥等鳥群的)驚飛,驚起;將頭髮編成“駭人”髮型的人
adj. 令人生畏的,可怕的;惱火的,生氣的
The prospect of growing old fills me with dread. 想到人會一天天老下去便使我充滿恐懼。
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out. 我最擔心的就是父母會察覺出來。
Hath it always this dread effect? 它總是有這種可怕的效果嗎?
They greet their children's teenage with needless dread. 他們懷著不必要的恐懼迎接孩子們的青春期。
They greet their children's teenage with needless dread. 他們懷著不必要的恐懼迎接孩子們的青春期。
"I have often," said Smee, "noticed your strange dread of crocodiles." “我常常注意到,”斯邁說,“你對鱷魚有種奇怪的恐懼。”
Their dread of bodily injury gave way at once to distress of a different sort. 她們害怕湯姆身體受傷的恐懼立刻變成了另一種痛苦。
After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. 二戰結束後,經濟繁榮取代了對另一場經濟大蕭條的恐懼。
I dread being sick. 我特別害怕生病。
She has an irrational dread of hospitals. 她莫名其妙地害怕醫院。
He sat in his chair, paralysed with dread. 他坐在他的椅子上,嚇癱了。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. 想到寒冬即將到來,她就感到恐懼。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
We lived in mortal dread of him discovering our secret. 因為害怕他發現我們的秘密,我們終日惶恐不安。
I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home. 我不敢構想他們如果無家可歸將會怎么樣。
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here. 我不敢想像假如這兒真的發生火災會是什麼情景。
I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency. 我不敢想像萬一出現重大緊急情況會怎么樣。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
They swore again with dread solemnities. 他們又極其嚴肅地發了一回誓。
Public speaking fills most people with dread. 公眾演講使大多數人感到恐懼。
Remind yourself that most of what you dread never comes. 提醒你自己大多數你害怕的事情永遠不會發生。
This stern-countenanced invalid was the dread Henry VIII. 這個面容嚴厲的病人就是威嚴的亨利八世。
I dread to think what the carbon footprint must be like of moving that coal, but we have no choice. 我都不敢想像為了運這些煤產生了多少碳足跡,但我們別無選擇。
Faced to the bad guys in a sudden, tortuose voice exposed my dread. 突然面對壞人時,扭曲的呵斥聲暴露了我的恐懼。
What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas. 我害怕的就是墨守成規。人總是嚮往新思想和新觀念的。
Choose your dinner with dread. 恐懼的去選擇晚餐吧。
Do you dread calling in sick? 你怕請病假嗎?
But this dread is mistaken. 這種憂慮是錯誤的。
I often dread returning phone calls. 我通常很不願給別人回電話。
You may dread them. 你可能畏懼它們。