alarm
- n.警报;警报器;恐慌;惊慌;惊恐
- vt.使担心;使惊恐;使害怕;给(门等)安装警报器
复数： alarms 过去式： alarmed 现在分词： alarming 过去分词： alarmed 第三人称单数： alarms
alarmnoun
惊恐；惊慌；恐慌
fear and anxiety that sb feels when sth dangerous or unpleasant might happen
‘What have you done?’ Ellie cried in alarm .
“你都干了些什么？”埃利惊恐地喊道。
I felt a growing sense of alarm when he did not return that night.
那天夜里他没有回家，我越来越感到恐慌。
The doctor said there was no cause for alarm .
医生说不必惊慌。
警报
a loud noise or a signal that warns people of danger or of a problem
She decided to sound the alarm (= warn people that the situation was dangerous) .
她决定发出警报。
I hammered on all the doors to raise the alarm .
我敲打所有的门让大家警觉。
警报器
a device that warns people of a particular danger
a burglar/fire/smoke alarm
防盗 / 防火 / 烟火警报器
The cat set off the alarm (= made it start ringing) .
猫碰响了警铃。
A car alarm went off in the middle of the night (= started ringing) .
半夜里一辆汽车的警报器突然响了起来。
The alarm went off at 7 o'clock.
闹钟在7点钟响了。
if you say that alarm bells are ringing , you mean that people are starting to feel worried and suspicious
verb
使惊恐；使害怕；使担心
to make sb anxious or afraid
The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.
船长知道一台发动机出了故障，不过他不想惊动乘客。
给（门等）安装警报器
to fit sth such as a door with a device that warns people when sb is trying to enter illegally
All these words mean to make sb afraid.以上各词均含使害怕、使恐惧之义。
to make sb feel afraid, often suddenly 指（常为突如其来地）使惊吓、使惊恐：
He brought out a gun and frightened them off.
他掏出一把枪，把他们吓跑了。
to make sb feel afraid 指使害怕、使恐惧：
They managed to scare the bears away.
他们设法把那些熊吓跑了。
Both are very common words, and are very similar, so you can use either one correctly. Scare is slightly more informal than frighten . |
to make sb anxious or afraid 指使惊恐、使害怕、使担心：
It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.
谁都不认真对待这个问题，我非常担心。
The subject of alarm is usually a thing, an event or a situation rather than a person. |
It is used to describe a feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen in the future, and the feeling is often more of worry than actual fear. |
to frighten or threaten sb so that they feel nervous or so that they will do what you want 指恐吓、威胁：
They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them.
他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
to make sb feel suddenly frightened or surprised, usually because of sth sudden or unexpected 指使惊吓、使吓一跳、使大吃一惊：
A sudden noise startled her.
突然发出的响声吓了她一跳。
alarm
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N-UNCOUNT 惊恐；忧虑；担心
Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...
得知这个消息，议员们忧心忡忡。
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VERB 使惊恐；使忧虑；使担心
If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.We could not see what had alarmed him.
我们搞不明白是什么使他忧虑不安。
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N-COUNT 警报器
An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.He heard the alarm go off.
他听见警报响了。
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N-COUNT 同alarm clock
An alarm is the same as an alarm clock . -
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See also:alarming;alarmed;burglar alarm;car alarm;false alarm;fire alarm;smoke alarm -
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PHRASE 危险信号;警报
If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...
这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。
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PHRASE 发出警报；敲警钟
If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.
等到晚上9点他还未回家，他的家人便报警了。
noun
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- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- Synonym: warning device alarm system
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- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- Synonym: alarm clock
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- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- Synonym: alert warning signal alarum
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- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- Synonym: dismay consternation
verb
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- 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
- Synonym: alert
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- 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
- Synonym: dismay appal appall horrify
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指突然产生的强烈的害怕或紧张之感，使人无法理智地思考和行动。
No one knows why she fled in panic.
没人知道她为什么惊慌地逃走了。
He got into a panic when he realised that he couldn't meet the deadline.
他发现无法按期完成任务，慌了起来。
指因意识到可能发生的坏事或危险而产生的惊恐或担忧之感。
He turned back in alarm.
他惊慌地转过身。
There is growing alarm at the increase in food contamination.
对于食品污染的增多，人们越来越恐惧。
指非常强烈的震惊或恐惧之感，含有厌恶的意味。
She recoiled with horror when she saw a big snake.
她看到一条大蛇时吓得往后退。
To his horror, he realized there were blood stains on his coat.
他发现外套上沾有血迹，大为惊恐。
强调极度的恐惧，语义最强。
Several bombs went off one after another, and she screamed in terror.
几颗炸弹接二连三地爆炸，她害怕地尖叫起来。
The sound of gun shots struck terror into the children's hearts.
听到枪响，孩子们胆战心惊。
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