dread
常考释义
1.非常害怕；极为担心to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen
This was the moment he had been dreading.这是他一直最担心的时刻。
I dread being sick.我特别害怕生病。
She dreads her husband finding out.她生怕丈夫察觉出来。
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。
I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.我既希望又害怕他来。
1.[u][c][ususing]恐惧；令人惧怕的事物a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling
The prospect of growing old fills me with dread .想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。
She has an irrational dread of hospitals.她对医院有莫名的恐惧。
The committee members live in dread of(= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal.委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。
My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。
The possibility of encounter with him filled me with dread.
翻译可能遇到他让我充满了恐惧。
With such an organization of such a people the United States have nothing to dread from foreign invasion.
有这样一个民族，有这样一支军队，美国无惧于外敌入侵
I don't think I was very clever, leaving her to go on the computer by herself and I dread to think what might have happened.
我觉得我太不明智了，居然让她自己上网，一想到可能发生的后果，便觉后怕。
but it had no other effect upon Dora tha to depress her spirits, and make her always nervous with the dread that it would be her turn next.
但它在朵拉身上，除了让她精神沮丧，总是因害怕下一个就轮到她而紧张之外，没有别的效果。
Holiday delays at the nation's airports have become such a fixture that President Bush last week called it "a season of dread. "
机场的节日延误都成为了一个必然，以致布什总统上个星期称之为“一个可怕的季节。”
His wife, who will then also be a mother, might watch in silent dread but Massa insists he shall push himself to the limit again.
他那将要成为母亲的妻子，可能又要无声却担心地观看他的比赛，但马萨坚持他将再次不遗余力。
Most of us dread making a speech to a group, but if you think of it as simple communication or helping others, you won't be nervous.
我们大部分人都害怕当众讲话，但如果你把它看做是一种简单的交流，或是对他人的帮助而已，那么你就不会紧张了。
Isabel's chief dread in life at this period of her development was that she should appear narrow - minded .
伊莎贝尔在生活中的这个发展时期，最怕自己显得心胸狭窄。
Her great fear and dread would cause her to scream at the alien-looking entities to leave them alone.
她非常害怕和恐惧会导致她在外国人看实体尖叫让他们孤独。
I hurried out in a foolish state of dread, and said to Joseph: `The master wishes you to take him a light and rekindle the fire.
我处于一种吓呆了的状态，匆匆忙忙跑出去，跟约瑟夫说——“主人要你给他拿支蜡烛，再把炉火生起来。”
The boy began to quake with dread . . . this was no ordinary lecture for being bad!
男孩开始害怕地发抖…这可是对坏人不一般的训话！
Remind yourself that most of what you dread never comes to pass, and we allow what is good to be ruined by what was or what might be.
提醒你自己大多数你害怕的事情永远不会发生，我们允许现在是好的但是过去曾被毁坏过或是将来要被毁坏的东西。
Her eyes fixed on him with the inquiring look that he had come to dread.
她的眼光正带着探问的神色在盯着他，这是使他变得畏惧的眼光。
Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
他的尊荣岂不叫你们惧怕吗？他的惊吓岂不临到你们吗？
He did not tell his daughter this; but Natasha perceived this dread and uneasiness of her father's, and felt mortified by it.
他没有把这件事告诉他女儿，但是娜塔莎明白父亲的恐惧心理和急躁情绪，她觉得自己受到了侮辱。
He bowed his head, clasped his hands, screwed his eyes shut, and intoned, "Give us this day our daily dread. "
他垂下头合起掌，闭上眼睛念到，“赐给我们今日的饮食。”
But I was already an emotional wreck, and the thought of thrashing out the details through dueling lawyers filled me with dread.
但是，当时我身心疲惫，想到还要通过律师纠缠那些具体的细节，我不禁心生恐惧。
Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?
是指望自己显得与众不同，是怕空气变得沉闷无味，还是只因吃得太饱的结果？
Amy, too, had a dear child named Beth, but she was a frail little creature and the dread of losing her was the shadow over Amy's sunshine.
艾米也有一个可爱的孩子取名贝思，但她是个纤弱的小东西，担心失掉她变成艾米幸福中的一个阴影。
However, the thrill was swiftly replaced by dread and anxiety: I didn't like the thought of her in the dark in that smelly cupboard.
然而，这种兴奋迅速被恐惧和不安所代替：一想到她呆在那个黑暗、有臭味的柜子里，我就不舒服。
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