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dread

If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting. ^{害怕; 担忧}

verb [vt. 及物动词]畏惧，担心；<古>敬畏

I dreaded coming back, to be honest.
老实说，我很害怕回来。

noun [抽象名词]害怕，畏惧；令人生畏的人，可怕的事物；（鸥鸟等鸟群的）惊飞，惊起；<英，非正式>将头发编成“骇人”发型的人，拉斯塔法里派成员

Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
忧虑; 恐惧

adjective [原级]令人生畏的，可怕的；恼火的，生气的

If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
不敢想

dread 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）: Lesson 29 Funny or not? dread 动词: 惧怕; Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?

d ＋ read(读书) → 很多学生害怕读书 → 担忧

n. 恐惧；可怕的人（或物）

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与“dread”相关联的词汇

复合词dreadful/ˈdredf(ə)l/adj. 可怕的；糟透的，令人不快的

易混淆dead/ded/adj. 无生命的；废弃了的；呆板的

过去分词dreaded/ˈdredɪd/adj. 令人畏惧的，可怕的

近义词fright/fraɪt/n. 惊吓；惊骇

近义词fear/fɪə(r)/n. 害怕；担心；恐惧；敬畏

易混淆dream/driːm/vi. 做梦，梦见；梦想；想到

v./n. 害怕

dread doing sth. ^{害怕做某事}

I dread being sick.
He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.

live in dread of ... ^{一直害怕sth.}

The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. ^NCE3-54

dread

verb [vt. 及物动词]畏惧，担心；<古>敬畏

noun [抽象名词]害怕，畏惧；令人生畏的人，可怕的事物；（鸥鸟等鸟群的）惊飞，惊起；<英，非正式>将头发编成“骇人”发型的人，拉斯塔法里派成员

adjective [原级]令人生畏的，可怕的；恼火的，生气的

d ＋ read(读书) → 很多学生害怕读书 → 担忧

n. 恐惧；可怕的人（或物）

与“dread”相关联的词汇

v./n. 害怕

dread doing sth. 害怕做某事

live in dread of ... 一直害怕sth.

dread n. 恐惧；可怕的人（或物）

dread doing sth. ^{害怕做某事}

live in dread of ... ^{一直害怕sth.}

dread ^{n. 恐惧；可怕的人（或物）}