dreads

英 [dredz]

美 [dredz]

v.  非常害怕; 极为担心
n.  恐惧; 令人惧怕的事物
dread的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 非常担心;极为害怕
  If youdreadsomething which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
  1. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
     今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
  2. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
     说实话,我生怕回来。
  3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day...
     我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
  4. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
     我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
• N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧
  Dreadis a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
  1. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
     她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
• ADJ 可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreadmeans terrible and greatly feared.
  1. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
     对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
• ADJ 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
  You can usedreadto describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
  1. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
     令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
• See also:dreaded
• PHRASE 不敢想
  If you say that youdread to thinkwhat might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  1. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
     我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
  2. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
     我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

双语例句

• Liu dreads a traditional life path back in China, but he admits that the dilemma of returning home or applying for British citizenship is looming.
  尽管刘潇对中国传统的生活模式心生恐惧，但他仍然纠结在回国还是移民的问题上。
• The average programmer dreads the coming of the bird, for he fears its message.
  中级程序员担心这只鸟的到来，因为害怕它带来的消息。
• Thou canst not think, said the minister, glancing aside at Hester Prynne, how my heart dreads this interview, and yearns for it!
  你难以想象，牧师说着，偏过头来瞥了一眼海丝特白兰，我又害怕这次见面，又盼着这次见面的那种心理！
• It's the bedtime ritual every parent dreads-being asked to read the same book for the umpteenth time.
  这是让每个父母都头疼的睡前惯例&被孩子央求把同一本书念上第N次。
• On the one hand, he dreads death for he holds that each frustration in love is death, which is echoed by his early frustrating love experience.
  一方面，他畏惧死亡，每次的爱情挫折在他看来就是死亡，这与他早年的个人坎坷的爱情经历有关。
• It was the emergency callout every paramedic dreads – a child in danger.
  “一位小孩情况危急！”接到求救电话后，每个医务人员都很担心。
• A burned child dreads the fire.
  一次被火烧，见火就害怕。
• A man usually dies of the disease he dreads most.
  人往往死于他最害怕的疾。
• James dreads failure and is consumed by the fear that his kid brother might beat him at his chosen endeavour.
  詹姆士害怕失败，因为担心他小弟想尽一切办法打败他而心力交瘁。
• A burnt child dreads the fire.
  挨过烫的孩子最怕火。