terror

英 ['terə] 美['tɛrɚ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词fear terror dismay consternation dread of alarm awe paralysis fright affright horror shock paroxysm panic

n. 恐怖；恐怖行动；恐怖时期；可怕的人
n. (Terror)人名；(南非)特罗尔

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中文词源

terror 惊恐，恐惧

来自拉丁语 terrere,使恐惧，充满恐惧，来自 PIE*tres,颤抖，来自 PIE*ter,旋转，摇晃，词源同 turn,tremble.

词态变化

复数: terrors;

英文词源

terror: terror: [14] To be terrified is etymologically to ‘shake with fear’. The ultimate ancestor of Latin terror ‘fear’ (source of English terror) and terrēre ‘frighten’ (source of English deter [16], terrible [15], terrific [17], and terrify [16]) was the Indo-European base *tre- ‘shake’, which also produced English tremble, tremor, etc. Terrorism [18] and terrorist [18] were coined in French in the 1790s to denote the activities of the Revolutionary government during the ‘Terror’, when thousands of its opponents were put to death. It broadened out towards its present-day meaning in the 19th century.
=> deter, terrible, terrify, tremble, tremor
terror (n.): early 15c., "something that intimidates, an object of fear," from Old French terreur (14c.), from Latin terrorem (nominative terror) "great fear, dread, alarm, panic; object of fear, cause of alarm; terrible news," from terrere "fill with fear, frighten," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (see terrible).

From c. 1500 as "fear so great as to overwhelm the mind." Meaning "quality of causing dread" is attested from 1520s. Sense of "a person fancied as a source of terror" (often with deliberate exaggeration, as of a naughty child) is recorded from 1883. Terror bombing first recorded 1941, with reference to German air attack on Rotterdam. Terror-stricken is from 1831. The Reign of Terror in French history (March 1793-July 1794) was the period when the nation was ruled by a faction whose leaders made policy of killing by execution anyone deemed an impediment to their measures; so called in English from 1801. Old English words for "terror" included broga and egesa.

双语例句

1. Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.: 休尖叫起来，声音不大，吃惊多于恐惧。

2. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car.: 武警突袭了这辆车从而制止了这起恐怖活动。

3. The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.: 等级制度在原则上并不等同于极权主义恐怖。

4. The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror.: 指挥官们谴责他实行恐怖统治。

5. His report was scathing about Loyalist and Republican terror groups.: 他的报告猛烈抨击了忠英派和共和军的恐怖组织。

英英释意

1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. a person who inspires fear or dread;: "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

3. a very troublesome child

考试真题

But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing.

Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of police art detectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disasters and terror groups, such as IsiS.

Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

实用场景例句

(literary)The very name of the enemy struck terror into their hearts.: 他们一听到敌人的名字就心惊胆战。

a feeling of sheer/pure terror: 胆战心惊

Her eyes were wild with terror.: 她的眼睛里充满了恐惧。

People fled from the explosion in terror .: 人们惊恐地逃离了爆炸现场。

She lives in terror of (= is constantly afraid of) losing her job.: 她一直胆战心惊地害怕丢了工作。

Some women have a terror of losing control in the birth process.: 有些妇女惧怕在分娩过程中失去控制。

These street gangs have become the terror of the neighbourhood.: 这些街头少年团伙使得周围邻里谈之色变。

Death holds no terrors for (= does not frighten or worry) me.: 死神是吓不倒我的。

The terrors of the night were past.: 夜间那些恐怖的事情都已经成为过去。

a campaign of terror: 恐怖运动

terror tactics: 恐怖手段

Their kids are real little terrors.: 他们的小孩都是十足的讨厌鬼。

I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane...: 每次坐飞机前，我都吓得直发抖。

The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house.: 警察使用了催泪瓦斯攻入屋子以后，恐惧的一天结束了。

The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.: 对首都的炸弹袭击可能标志着选举前的恐怖活动开始了。

As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.: 小时候，他特别害怕见人。

...the terrors of violence.: 恐怖的暴力行为

He was a terror. He had been a difficult child for as long as his parents could remember.: 他是个淘气鬼，从小就不老实。

Childbirth now held fewer terrors for her than it once had.: 她现在不像原来那样害怕分娩了。

He had been copy the drawing of an antique coin.: 他正在临摹一枚古币的图样.

Their faces blanched in terror.: 他们的脸因恐惧而吓得发白.

He ran away in terror.: 他被吓得逃跑了.

That guy is a proper terror.: 那家伙真是讨厌.

His son is a real terror.: 他的儿子实在讨厌.

One of the small children began to wail with terror.: 小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来.

His blood curdled with terror at the sight.: 他见此情景吓得魂不附体.

His complex anger flamed afresh , and Ruth was in terror of him.: 他的无名火又冒上来了, 罗丝见他真害怕.

Its fearsome appearance struck terror into their hearts.: 它那可怕的样子使他们胆战心惊.

Those things the Greeks called catharsis the sharing of pity and terror and joy with all.: 那就是希腊人称之为“精神净化”的东西,大家一起感受怜悯和痛苦,分享快乐.

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