alarming

英 [əˈlɑːmɪŋ]

美 [əˈlɑːrmɪŋ]

adj.  使人惊恐的; 令人惊慌的; 引起恐慌的
v.  使惊恐; 使害怕; 使担心; 给(门等)安装警报器
alarm的现在分词

现在分词：alarming　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7554 / COCA.7719

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人惊恐的；令人惊慌的；引起恐慌的
  causing worry and fear
  1. an alarming increase in crime
     犯罪活动骇人的增加
  2. The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate .
     雨林正以惊人的速度消失。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的
  Something that isalarmingmakes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  1. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
     这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
  2. ...the alarming increase in crime.
     令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象

英英释义

adj

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

双语例句

• Most alarming of all, the Murray-Darling's troubles are likely to worsen.
  最让人恐慌的是，墨累-达令问题很有可能继续恶化。
• The alarming problems of Pakistan, Yemen and so many other places threaten to feed more violence.
  巴基斯坦、也门和其他很多地方的警示性问题充满着更多的暴力威胁。
• While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade
  虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
• I felt quite unequal to the challenge of responding to this alarming speech.
  我觉得自己没有能力接受挑战，对这个惊人的演说作出应答。
• Alarming parts have applied the speech alarm and LCD display.
  提示部分采用了语音播报和LCD显示两种方式。
• There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。
• The monitoring and alarming system of slope based on distributed optical fiber grating is presented.
  提出了一种基于分布式光纤光栅的边坡监测与报警系统。
• The grey turned to black with alarming speed.
  灰色以惊人的速度变成黑色了。
• You might describe an extremely unusual situation, reveal a shocking statistic, or vividly portray an alarming problem.
  你可能会描绘一个异乎寻常的场面，透露一个触目惊心的数据，或者栩栩如生描述一个耸人听闻的问题。
• Electricity demand of our increasingly digital economies is growing at an alarming rate, the report said.
  报告指出，在日益数字化的各大经济体中，电力需求正在以惊人的速度增长。