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

• When Sarah Lynn Brown is interviewing job candidates, she dreads hearing them say, "I want to use my skills and grow and learn."
  萨拉•林恩•布朗在面试求职者的时候，最怕听到他们说：“我希望利用我的能力，在这里得到成长和学习。”
• Thou canst not think, said the minister, glancing aside at Hester Prynne, how my heart dreads this interview, and yearns for it!
  你难以想象，牧师说着，偏过头来瞥了一眼海丝特白兰，我又害怕这次见面，又盼着这次见面的那种心理！
• A burned child dreads the fire.
  一次被火烧，见火就害怕。
• A burnt child dreads the fire.
  挨过烫的孩子最怕火。
• It's simple to picture: Someone has to do perform a task, but dreads the long, complicated process.
  不难想象：当某个人必须去完成一项工作，但又惧怕那繁琐、冗长的过程。
• A man usually dies of the disease he dreads most.
  人往往死于他最害怕的疾。
• James dreads failure and is consumed by the fear that his kid brother might beat him at his chosen endeavour.
  詹姆士害怕失败，因为担心他小弟想尽一切办法打败他而心力交瘁。
• 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。
• It's a solution that Germany dreads but may need to shoulder if the only alternative is financial Armageddon.
  德国对此解决方案深恶痛绝，可是，如果唯一的其他选项是金融末日，那德国或许还是得咬牙扛下来。
• The average programmer dreads the coming of the bird, for he fears its message.
  中级程序员担心这只鸟的到来，因为害怕它带来的消息。