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

• A burnt child dreads the fire.
  挨过烫的孩子最怕火。
• 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。
• A man usually dies of the disease he dreads most.
  人往往死于他最害怕的疾。
• It's common to resolve to lose weight, but any sane person dreads a diet's dulling effect on the brain.
  这是决心减肥的人普遍都会忧虑的问题&任何从事脑力劳动的人都害怕节食会使大脑由于供能不足而变得迟钝。
• The job carries plenty of perks-a limo is mighty tempting to a girl whose Mustang can barely make it up a hill-but Mia's a shy type who dreads the spotlight a royal perch would bring.
  公主这差事固然有许多好处――正如对于只有一辆爬坡都费力的老爷车的女孩子来说，豪华轿车实在是不可抗拒的诱惑；然而，米娅生性腼腆害怕皇室高位带来的聚光灯。
• 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 burnt child dreads the fire, so he's not likely to make the same mistake again.
  被火烫过的孩子怕见火，看来他不会再犯同样的错误了。
• 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。
• 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。
• She dreads the ban and having to enforce it.
  她担心这个禁烟令，也害怕不得不执行禁烟令。