dread
v. 非常擔心,極為害怕
n. 恐懼,令人恐懼的事物
adj. 可怕的; 惱火的
If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
I'm dreading Christmas this year...
今年我非常害怕過聖誕節。
I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
說實話,我生怕回來。
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
她害怕即將來臨的寒冷冬季。
Dread means terrible and greatly feared.
...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
對抗這可怕疾病的更有效的國家政策
You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
令人不快的短語“政治上正確”
If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
我不敢想在重大緊急情況下會發生什麼。
I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
我不敢想好萊塢打算如何處理這個有趣的小故事。
1. fearful expectation or anticipation;
1. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;
1. causing fear or dread or terror;
alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread
這些名詞均含"恐懼,懼怕,驚恐"之意。
The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.
鄉村好像躺在某種可怖的魔法之下.
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full , thirst unquenchable?
對需求的恐懼, 不就是需求本身 嗎 ?
By day the darkness fills him with dread; and anguish overpower him.
黑暗的日子使他恐怖, 困苦艱難跟隨著他,好象準備廝殺的君王.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? and his dread fall upon you?
11他的尊榮豈不叫你們懼怕 嗎 .他的驚嚇豈不臨到你們 嗎 .
He felt an indescribable sensation somewhat akin to dread.
他感到一種形容不出的感覺,有點近於恐怖.