terrorized

英 [ˈterəraɪzd]

美 [ˈterəraɪzd]

v.  恐吓; 恫吓; 威胁
terrorize的过去分词和过去式

COCA.38924

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 terrorise


• VERB 使惊恐;恐吓;威胁
  If someoneterrorizesyou, they keep you in a state of fear by making it seem likely that they will attack you.
  1. Bands of gunmen have hijacked food shipments and terrorized relief workers.
     几伙持枪歹徒劫持了运输的食品，还恐吓了救援人员。
  2. ...pensioners terrorised by anonymous telephone calls.
     受到匿名电话恐吓的领取养老金的人

双语例句

• Mungiki gangs had terrorized people going in and out of Nairobi, the capital, for years.
  这些年，蒙吉基成员对凡进出首都内罗毕的人威胁恐吓。
• The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.
  武装暴徒抢掠食物、恐吓群众，该镇居民深受其苦。
• It got MySpace banned from schools, Apple stores, and by well-meaning parents who had been terrorized by what they were reading.
  这使得MySpace被学校、Apple商店和一些被吓坏的好心家长们列入了黑名单。
• CONSORT: Outlanders, you are back? Have you news of the outside world? There was a great earthquake recently, and no demons have terrorized a citizen for an entire week!
  外地人，你回来了？你有外面世界的信息吗？这最近有一场巨大的地震，而且一整周都没有恶魔恐吓一个市民！
• The story: New England shore community is terrorized by shark attacks; local cop, ichthyologist and salty shark expert determine to kill the attacker.
  故事：新英格兰海岸社区是恐怖的鲨鱼袭击，当地警察，鱼类学家和咸鲨鱼专家确定攻击者杀死。
• He terrorized me through the whole third grade.
  他整个三年级都在恐吓我。
• We are terrorized into buying deodorants.
  我们被胁迫去买除臭剂。
• Neither life nor property was safe from them and the white people, unprotected by law, were terrorized.
  在他们的威胁下，生命财产得不到保障，不受法律保护的白人感到十分惊慌。
• I believe at this point in time, he's been terrorized by the media.
  我相信，在这个时间点上，他一直在惊恐不安，由媒体。
• He had terrorized Oxford Street, where passersby had seen only his footprints.
  他曾使牛津街笼罩了一片恐怖气氛，因为那儿的行人只能看到他的脚印，看不到他的人。