高二教师教学参考:莫怕“frighten” |
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frighten是本单元出现的一个重要词汇,其用法很多,但是不要害怕,请看下列归纳。 一、frighten可作vt.和vi.,常作vt. 用,意为“使惊吓、使惊恐”。 1. frighten sb. 意为“恐吓某人”。如: Don't frighten her. She's just a little girl. 别吓唬她。她只是个小女孩。 The dog tried to frighten us, but it failed. 这条狗想吓唬我们,但是失败了。 2. be frightened + of... 意为“害怕……”。如: The little girl is not frightened of dogs. 这个小女孩不怕狗。 3. be frightened + by... 意为“被……吓坏(吓一跳)”。如: She was frightened by the shadow of the tree. 她被树影吓坏了。 4. be frightened + at... 意为“看到……感到惊恐”。如: She was frightened at the sight that he was drowned.她看到他被淹死的情景感到恐惧。 5. be frightened + to do sth.意为“害怕做某事”。如: She was very frightened to look down from the top floor of the building. 她很害怕从那栋建筑物的顶楼往下看。 6. frighten sb. to death意为“把某人吓坏”,被动式为be frightened to death。 如: When he saw the bear in the forest he was frightened to death.当他在森林里看见熊时,他被吓坏了。 7. frighten sb. / sth. off / away意为“将某人/某物吓跑”。如: The children's shouts frightened the birds off. 孩子们的喊声把鸟儿吓飞了。 二、frightening, frightened是frighten的分词形式,也可以说是形容词形式。frightening意为“令人惊恐的、恐怖的”,常用来说明事物的特征。frightened意为“恐惧的、害怕的、受惊的”,常用来说明人的特征。两者都可用作表语或定语。如: The film is very frightening. 这部影片非常恐怖。 The frightened children were calling for their mothers. 受惊的孩子们呼喊着找妈妈。 (文/彭荣华; 英语辅导报高二版 04~05学年度第17期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。) |