dreading

英 [ˈdredɪŋ]

美 [ˈdredɪŋ]

v.  非常害怕; 极为担心
dread的现在分词

现在分词：dreading　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 非常担心;极为害怕
  If youdreadsomething which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
  1. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
     今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
  2. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
     说实话,我生怕回来。
  3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day...
     我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
  4. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
     我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
• N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧
  Dreadis a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
  1. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
     她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
• ADJ 可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreadmeans terrible and greatly feared.
  1. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
     对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
• ADJ 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
  You can usedreadto describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
  1. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
     令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
• See also:dreaded
• PHRASE 不敢想
  If you say that youdread to thinkwhat might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  1. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
     我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
  2. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
     我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

双语例句

• He's dreading his driving test-he's sure he's going to fail.
  他害怕驾驶测试一他想他一定通不过。
• I must confess that a small part of me has been dreading the vacation a bit.
  我必须承认，我有一点恐惧休假。
• So dreading the effort you'll expend at the gym or sweating to exhaustion is misguided;
  所以害怕在健身房、或运动后汗流浃背、筋疲力会消耗能量是在产生误导；
• Rachel: Oh, like I wasn't dreading tomorrow enough, having to give it back to him.
  明天就要还他戒指，我似乎还不够担心。
• You start your week dreading the days ahead and the work you have to do.
  你启动一周所有人的日子里所做的工作，你必须做的事。
• I had been dreading, but half-expecting, this call for quite some time.
  有很长一段时间，对于这个电话我一直提心吊胆，但也在意料之中。
• No more dreading facing him or her.
  再也不害怕面对他/她。
• And how do I stop my wife from divorcing me, as she says she is dreading the whole event?
  另外，我怎么才能阻止我妻子和我离婚呢？因为她说她对整件事感到惴惴不安。
• I've been dreading this moment for six years.
  这个时刻我等了六年了。
• I'm dreading having to ring her because I know she's going to be furious with me.
  我很怕要给她打电话，因为我知道她一定会对我极其愤怒的。