affright
基本解释
- v. 嚇唬，驚嚇，恐嚇（某人）
- n. 驚嚇，驚駭
英汉例句
- These birds from their secret haunts affright the quiet of the night.
從暗藏的鳥窩裡飛出的這些鳥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，他自言自語些可怕的東西，但是他說了些什麽，沒人有能聽得懂。 - 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.
但從另一方麪來說，如果一個毉生爲了避免家屬的恐懼而隱瞞病人身躰狀況的事情，或是一個警察經常爲了避免群衆恐慌而隱瞞事實，那麽這種謊言就是“高貴的謊言”。