词汇精选：scare的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

【单数】惊恐，惊吓

例句：

You did give me a scare.

你真吓了我一跳。

例句：

There was a bomb scare during the procession.

在列队行进时因怀疑有炸弹而引起恐慌。

（社会上的）大恐慌 [C]

例句：

The explosion at the chemical factory caused a major pollution scare.

化工厂发生爆炸引起了害怕污染的巨大恐慌。

v.

使惊恐，吓唬 [T]

例句：

You scare them to death with your mouth.

你一开口就能把人吓死。

例句：

It would scare her, he hoped.

他希望这样能吓唬吓唬她。

受惊吓，感到害怕 [T]

例句：

We'll scare her out of telling the police.

我们要把她吓得不敢报警。

例句：

The thunder scared the children.

雷声使孩子们受到惊吓。

二、词义辨析：

alarm,frighten,startle,terrify,scare,intimidate

这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。frighten普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。terrify语气最强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。intimidate特指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。

三、相关短语：

scare away

吓走,吓跑…

scare off

吓跑

四、参考例句：

Does that scare you

这是否吓着你了？

I like reading scare stories.

我喜欢读恐怖故事。

The things that scare you.

你害怕的事情。

Loud noises can scare animals or birds.

We got a bit of a scare.

我们受了点惊吓。

It would scare her, he hoped.

他希望这样能吓唬吓唬她。

Harry is trying to scare his sister.

哈利正在准备吓唬他妹妹。

Maybe you just wanted to scare somebody.

也许你只是想吓唬吓唬什么人吧。

People keep a dog to scare away thieves.

人们养狗来吓走小偷。

The sound of the explosion gave me quite a scare.

爆炸声把我吓了一跳。