alarming

英 [əˈlɑːmɪŋ]

美 [əˈlɑːrmɪŋ]

adj.  使人惊恐的; 令人惊慌的; 引起恐慌的
v.  使惊恐; 使害怕; 使担心; 给(门等)安装警报器
alarm的现在分词

现在分词：alarming　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7554 / COCA.7719

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人惊恐的；令人惊慌的；引起恐慌的
  causing worry and fear
  1. an alarming increase in crime
     犯罪活动骇人的增加
  2. The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate .
     雨林正以惊人的速度消失。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的
  Something that isalarmingmakes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  1. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
     这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
  2. ...the alarming increase in crime.
     令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象

英英释义

adj

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

双语例句

• I have only heard a less alarming account than you have heard.
  我只是听到了一些不象你们听到的那么耸人听闻的叙述。
• What this would mean for our standards of living and the strength of society is alarming.
  这对于我们的生活水平和社会实力的影响是惊人的。
• There was an alarming rise in fires during both of the past two slowdowns ( see chart).
  过去两次经济减速中，（车辆）火灾都有惊人的上升（见图表）。
• There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。
• Attacks on rhinos and elephants are multiplying at an alarming rate.
  犀牛和大象越来越频繁地遭到攻击，达到了令人警觉的地步。
• Intellectualized electromagnetic radiation detecting and alarming system is realized through programming SCM.
  通过对单片机编程，实现了智能化的电磁辐射报警系统。
• Alarming parts have applied the speech alarm and LCD display.
  提示部分采用了语音播报和LCD显示两种方式。
• While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade
  虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
• Once events are safely in the past, this idea seems to become less alarming
  一旦那些事件尘封为历史，这个想法似乎就变得不那么可怕了。
• This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.
  这是市场经济的正常组成部分，不应成为一种令人担心的情况。