frighten

詳細解釋：

fright.en

v.（動詞）
fright.ened,fright.en.ing,fright.ens
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To fill with fear; alarm.
充滿恐懼；驚恐
To drive or force by arousing fear:
用恐嚇來強迫：
例句：
The suspect was frightened into confessing.
嫌疑犯在被逼供

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become afraid.
變得害怕

【引伸】
fright.ener
n.（名詞）
fright.eningly
adv.（副詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>frighten,scare,alarm,terrify,terrorize,startle,panicThese verbs mean to cause a person to experience fear.
這些動詞意思是使一個人感到害怕。
Frighten and the less formalscare are the most widely applicable terms:
Frighten 和不太正式用語scare 是最常用的詞：
例句：
.Better be killed than frightened to death. (Robert Smith Surtees).
.被殺死也比被嚇死強. （羅伯特·史密斯·瑟蒂斯）。

例句：
Don`t let the size of the task scare you.
這么多任務，別嚇壞了你。

Alarm implies the often sudden onset of fear or apprehension:
Alarm 暗示恐懼或焦慮的經常性的突然出現：
例句：
Her sudden and inexplicable loss of weight alarmed her doctor.
她的體重突然令人費解的減輕嚇壞了她的醫生。

Terrify implies overwhelming, often paralyzing fear:
Terrify 暗示了無法抵抗的、令人癱瘓的恐懼：
例句：
.The regulars, terrified by the yells of the Indians . . . gathered themselves into a body. (George Bancroft).
.正規兵們被印度人的怒吼嚇壞了…縮成了一團. （喬治·班克羅夫特）。

Terrorize implies fear that intimidates;the word sometimes suggests deliberate coercion:
Terrorize 暗示受威脅而害怕；此詞有時指有意的強制或高壓統治：
例句：
.premeditated and systematized terrorizing of the civil populations. (Edith Wharton).
.有計畫、有組織地控制國內人口. （伊迪絲·沃頓）。

Startle suggests fear that shocks momentarilyand may cause a sudden, involuntary movement of the body:
Startle 指短時間內叫人震驚的恐懼，可能造成突然的不由自主的身體不能動彈：
例句：
The clap of thunder startled us.
雷鳴般的掌聲驚呆了我。

Panic implies sudden frantic fear that often impairs self-control and rationality:
Panic 暗示突然出現的狂亂的恐懼常常影響到自控或理智：
例句：
The radio drama was so realistic that it panicked listeners who tuned in after it had begun.
這部廣播劇如此逼近現實，它開播後使聽眾恐慌