affright
基本解釋
- v. 嚇唬,驚嚇,恐嚇(某人)
- n. 驚嚇,驚駭
英漢例句
- These birds from their secret haunts affright the quiet of the night.
從暗藏的鳥(niǎo)窩裡飛出的這些鳥(niǎo)兒使寂靜的黑夜顯得害怕。 - Sometimes he says things that affright one but it is impossible to understand what he says.
有時(shí),他自言自語(yǔ)些可怕的東西,但是他說(shuō)了些什麼,沒(méi)人有能聽(tīng)得懂。 - On the other hand, a doctor not telling the truth about his patients' health to avoid affright among his family; or a policeman lying in order to avoid panic is a noble lie.
但從另一方麪來(lái)說(shuō),如果一個(gè)毉生爲(wèi)了避免家屬的恐懼而隱瞞病人身躰狀況的事情,或是一個(gè)警察經(jīng)常爲(wèi)了避免群衆(zhòng)恐慌而隱瞞事實(shí),那麼這種謊言就是“高貴的謊言”。