常用短语
♣ scare away〔off〕 (v.+adv.) 吓跑 discourage (sb) by fear; make (sb or an animal) leave through fear▲ scare sb/sth ⇔ away〔off〕
The dispute there has scared away potential investors. 那里的争端把原来想投资的人吓跑了。 The high price is scaring away possible buyers. 价格昂贵,把想买东西的顾客吓跑了。 The scarecrows are for scaring away the birds. 稻草人是用来吓唬鸟的。 He flung a stone at the sparrows, he missed, scaring all the sparrows away. 他投石子打麻雀,没有击中,把麻雀都吓飞了。 He got a gun and scared off the thief. 他拿了一支枪把小偷吓跑了。 We keep a cat to scare the mice off. 我们养了一只猫,用它来吓跑老鼠。 I have got a way to scare those naughty children off. 我想出了一个吓跑那些顽童的办法。◇ 用于be ~ed结构
The birds were scared away by the cat. 那些鸟被猫吓跑了。 ♣ scare into (v.+prep.) 吓得去… persuade (sb) through fear into (doing sth)▲ scare sb into v-ing
The salesman scared the old lady into signing the paper by threatening to take away the goods. 推销员威胁要拿走货物,吓得那老妇人在单据上签了字。 ♣ scare out (v.+adv.) 用恐吓的方法逼出〔赶出〕 make sb/sth out with sth scare▲ scare sb/sth ⇔ out
The huntsman sent a beater ahead to scare out the partridge. 猎人派一名赶猎助手上前把鹧鸪从隐蔽处赶出来。 ♣ scare out of mind (v.+adv.+prep.+n.) 吓得魂不附体 make sb greatly afraid, especially through shock▲ scare sb out of one's mind
You scared me out of my mind, coming up behind me suddenly like that. 你这冷不防从背后过来,真把我吓死了。◇ 用于be ~ed结构
He was scared out of his mind, giving his first public performance. 他第一次公开演出时就吓得要死。 ♣ scare up (v.+adv.) 张罗,凑合 find and produce a supply of (sth, things, or people)▲ scare sth ⇔ up
I'll see if I can scare up a meal from the scraps of food in the kitchen. 我去看看能否把厨房里的残羹剩饭凑成一顿饭菜。 She manages to scare up a lunch for the unexpected guests. 她设法为那些未料到的客人张罗一顿午饭。 The boy scared up enough money to go to college. 这孩子筹措了足够上大学的钱。 Can you scare up another car? 你能再找一辆车吗?