alarm

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基本釋義

n.
驚恐,擔(dān)心; 警報(器); 鬧鐘
v.
使驚恐,使擔(dān)心; 給…裝警報器

詞性變化

實用例句

The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.

船長知道一臺發(fā)動機出了故障,不過他不想驚動乘客。

牛津詞典

A car alarm went off in the middle of the night (= started ringing) .

半夜里一輛汽車的警報器突然響了起來。

牛津詞典

The alarm went off at 7 o'clock.

鬧鐘在7點鐘響了。

牛津詞典

The cat set off the alarm (= made it start ringing) .

貓碰響了警鈴。

牛津詞典

I hammered on all the doors to raise the alarm .

我敲打所有的門讓大家警覺。

牛津詞典

a burglar/fire/smoke alarm

防盜 / 防火 / 煙火警報器

牛津詞典

‘What have you done? ’ Ellie cried in alarm .

“你都干了些什么?”埃利驚恐地喊道。

牛津詞典

I felt a growing sense of alarm when he did not return that night.

那天夜里他沒有回家,我越來越感到恐慌。

牛津詞典

The doctor said there was no cause for alarm .

醫(yī)生說不必驚慌。

牛津詞典

She decided to sound the alarm (= warn people that the situation was dangerous) .

她決定發(fā)出警報。

牛津詞典

...an extremely sophisticated alarm system...

極其先進(jìn)的警報系統(tǒng)

This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...

這已給莫斯科拉響了警報。

Alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.

威斯敏斯特的警鐘已開始敲響。

His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.

等到晚上9點他還未回家,他的家人便報警了。

The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...

得知這個消息,議員們憂心忡忡。

She sat up in alarm...

她驚慌得坐了起來。

We could not see what had alarmed him.

我們搞不明白是什么使他憂慮不安。

He heard the alarm go off.

他聽見警報響了。

Even numbers I win, odd numbers I lose.

偶數(shù)我贏, 奇數(shù)我輸.

期刊摘選

On hearing the alarm the fire brigade rushed to the scene.

消防隊聞訊趕到.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

There is no ground for alarm.

沒有理由驚惶失措.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The alarm clock awoke me on time.

鬧鐘按時把我鬧醒了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.

我突然覺察到我的妻子好象十分驚恐

《用法詞典》

He was struck with alarm.

他飽受驚慌.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

真題例句

It should not cause any alarm in any way.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Wireless devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

If they detect something wrong while the system is armed, they'll transmit a wireless alert signal to a base station that will then raise the alarm.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

He'll need to be jamming you at this point, as a broken window or opened door would normally release the alarm.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

From there, it's up to you to sound the alarm manually.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

A recent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to 76 percent.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Thus, time and time's relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

Mr.Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore? According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

Many even think their parents are cool! Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or offcolor book or CD.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

For the next ten years a succession of books, mainly by Americans, sounded the alarm.

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

College professors are increasingly raising alarm bells about the effects smartphones, laptops, and tablets have on academic performance.

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀

False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock.

2017年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

2018年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.

2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

The damage is usually more serious on the first plant, but the neighbors, relatively speaking, stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

The floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

These chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarm.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

They inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler(噴水滅火裝置) systems fire alarms.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.

2015年高考英語安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.

2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

While he sounded the alarm, a student from leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger

  • 2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

  • 3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

  • 4. a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time

Verb
  • 1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;

    "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"

    "The news of the executions horrified us"

  • 2. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;

    "The empty house alarmed him"

    "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

同義詞辨析

alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread

這些名詞均含"恐懼,懼怕,驚恐"之意。

  • alarm:強調(diào)突然意識到有危險而產(chǎn)生的恐懼心理。
  • fear:普通用詞,側(cè)重指面臨危險或災(zāi)禍時內(nèi)心所引起的恐懼心情。
  • fright:通常指一陣突然的、令人震驚的短暫恐懼,有時含夸張意味。
  • horror:側(cè)重指因看到令人討厭或危險的東西或情景而引起的厭惡情緒、極度恐懼心情或戰(zhàn)栗的動作。
  • panic:常指因突如其來的外界威脅使人群出現(xiàn)驚慌、恐懼或混亂。
  • terror:指極大的恐懼和驚駭,語氣最強。
  • dread:可與fear換用,著重害怕的心理,但dread常指膽怯和喪失勇氣。

alarm, frighten, startle, terrify, scare, intimidate

這些動詞均有"驚嚇,驚恐"之意。

  • alarm:著重指某人意識到危險而突然產(chǎn)生的驚恐。
  • frighten:普通用詞,使用廣泛,指產(chǎn)生突然、短暫的驚慌、恐怖感。
  • startle:強調(diào)突然使人驚駭或震驚。
  • terrify:語氣最強,指驚駭?shù)昧駸o主,魂飛魄散。
  • scare:指非正式文體中可與frighten換用,但語氣較重,側(cè)重人受驚嚇后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。
  • intimidate:特指恐嚇某人,迫使其做某事。

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