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

• 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。
• Be aware of safety and alarming signs and emergency exit location.
  请注意安全警示标识和应急出口位置。
• 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。
• 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。
• These positive trends mask some alarming changes in the epidemic.
  这些具有积极意义的趋势遮盖了疾病流行的某些惊人变化。
• 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。
• This damage is potentially more alarming in that it involves one of the drugs used in treatment, ergotamine.
  这种损伤更具有潜在的危险性，因为它涉及到治疗中所用到的一种药物&麦角胺。
• The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
  这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
• Also, foreign material detecting stopping and alarming function is delivered by using photoelectric and infrared detecting technologies.
  应用光电探测红外线探测技术，实现了异物探测自动停车与报警功能。
• This warning looks a bit alarming, but in practice, the extension seems to be well-supported.
  警告看起来有点让人担心，但实际上这个扩展似乎得到了很好的支持。