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。
• You might describe an extremely unusual situation, reveal a shocking statistic, or vividly portray an alarming problem.
  你可能会描绘一个异乎寻常的场面，透露一个触目惊心的数据，或者栩栩如生描述一个耸人听闻的问题。
• Most alarming of all, the Murray-Darling's troubles are likely to worsen.
  最让人恐慌的是，墨累-达令问题很有可能继续恶化。
• 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。
• The monitoring and alarming system of slope based on distributed optical fiber grating is presented.
  提出了一种基于分布式光纤光栅的边坡监测与报警系统。
• Then I saw something really alarming: Both my parents'citizen ID numbers had been posted.
  然后我看到了令人惊恐的事情：我父母的身份证号都被贴了出来。
• 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）。
• Healthcare costs have been rising at alarming rates for decades.
  医疗成本在过去几十年中以惊人的速度增长。
• The alarming problems of Pakistan, Yemen and so many other places threaten to feed more violence.
  巴基斯坦、也门和其他很多地方的警示性问题充满着更多的暴力威胁。
• Alarming in three big economies already worried about high inflation.
  对于三个已经在担忧高通胀的大型经济体，这一增幅令人心惊。