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

• 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。
• 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！
• Once upon a time there was a fearsome ogre whose roar terrorized the magical land of Far Far Away.
  很久很久以前，有一只恐怖的怪物用他恐怖的咆哮统治着魔法之域“很远很远王国”。
• Old people have been terrorized into staying at home after dark.
  老人们吓得天黑后不敢出门。
• They were terrorized into migration.
  他们受到威胁，不得不迁徙。
• As the president said, we need only look at how Saddam has terrorized, oppressed and murdered his own people to understand his methods.
  正如布什总统所说，我们只要看看萨达姆·侯赛因是如何恐吓、压迫和谋杀自己的人民，便能清楚了解他的手段。
• 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。
• 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。
• They defeated a regime that had terrorized its people.
  他们战胜了一个为本国人民制造恐怖的政权。
• He believes that everybody can be terrorized, or seduced by one thing or another.
  他相信每个人都可以被吓倒，或者被某件事或其他事所引诱。