dreading

柯林斯詞典

dread /dr?d/ (dreading,dreaded,dreads)

• 1. V-T 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; 擔憂

  I'm dreading Christmas this year. 我害怕今年的圣誕節(jié)。

  I dreaded coming back, to be honest. 老實說，我很害怕回來。

• 2. N-UNCOUNT Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. 憂慮; 恐懼

  She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. 想到寒冬即將到來，她就感到恐懼。

• 3. →see also dreaded

• 4. PHRASE 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

  I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency. 我不敢想像萬一出現(xiàn)重大緊急情況會怎么樣。

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