背CET4核心词汇304

　　terror

　　n.恐怖; 恐怖活动 very great fear; violent action for political purposes

　　引起恐怖的人〔事〕 sb/sth that causes extreme fear

　　讨厌的人 an annoying person, especially a child

　　同义词

　　n. affright，holy terror，panic，scourge

　　词汇辨析

　　alarm，fear，fright，horror，panic，terror，dread

　　这些名词均含 恐惧、惧怕、惊恐 之意。

　　alarm 强调突然意识到有危险而产生的恐惧心理。

　　fear 普通用词，侧重指面临危险或灾祸时内心所引起的恐惧心情。

　　fright 通常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂恐惧，有时含夸张意味。

　　horror 侧重指因看到令人讨厌或危险的东西或情景而引起的厌恶情绪、极度恐惧心情或战栗的动作。

　　panic 常指因突如其来的外界威胁使人群出现惊慌、恐惧或混乱。

　　terror 指极大的恐惧和惊骇，语气最强。

　　dread 可与fear换用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。

　　1. To defeat terror, and not flinch.

　　要战胜恐怖，而不是退缩。

　　2. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

　　乐观主义的基础是纯粹的恐怖。

　　3. Sometimes, out of great terror, humans also harm one another.

　　有时候，在巨大的恐惧里，人类也互相伤害。

　　参考例句

　　1.N-UNCOUNT Terror is very great fear. 恐惧

　　例：I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane.

　　我每次要坐飞机时都害怕得发抖。

　　2.N-UNCOUNT Terror is violence or the threat of violence, especially when it is used for political reasons. 恐怖活动

　　例：...the war on terror.

　　反恐战争。

　　例：The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.

　　对首都的炸弹袭击可能标志着选举前的恐怖活动的开始。

　　3.N-COUNT A terror is something that makes you very frightened. 使人恐惧的事物

　　例：As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.

　　他小时候其实非常害怕见人。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　Her face worked as she stared at him in terror.

　　她惊恐地注视着他，脸也吓得抽动起来。

　　She let out a scream of terror.

　　她发出恐怖的叫喊。

　　His terror is so great that he can do nothing.

　　他惊骇万分以致什么事都不能做。