affright
基本解釋
- v. 嚇唬，驚嚇，恐嚇（某人）
- n. 驚嚇，驚駭
英漢例句
- These birds from their secret haunts affright the quiet of the night.
從暗藏的鳥窩里飛出的這些鳥兒使寂靜的黑夜顯得害怕。 - Sometimes he says things that affright one but it is impossible to understand what he says.
有時，他自言自語些可怕的東西，但是他說了些什么，沒人有能聽得懂。 - On the other hand, a doctor not telling the truth about his patients' health to avoid affright among his family; or a policeman lying in order to avoid panic is a noble lie.
但從另一方面來說，如果一個醫(yī)生為了避免家屬的恐懼而隱瞞病人身體狀況的事情，或是一個警察經(jīng)常為了避免群眾恐慌而隱瞞事實，那么這種謊言就是“高貴的謊言”。