dreaded

英 [ˈdredɪd]

美 [ˈdredɪd]

adj.  令人害怕的; 可怕的
v.  非常害怕; 极为担心
dread的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：dreaded　过去式：dreaded　

Collins.1 / BNC.13877 / COCA.13467

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人害怕的；可怕的
  causing fear
  1. The dreaded moment had finally arrived.
     可怕的时刻终于来到了。
  2. Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’?
     我是不是听到“家庭作业”这可怕的字眼了？

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;令人畏惧的
  Dreadedmeans terrible and greatly feared.
  1. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
     没人知道如何治疗这种可怕的疾病。
• ADJ 令人恼火的;不方便的;不想要的
  You can usethe dreadedto describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient, or undesirable.
  1. She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever...
     她患上了花粉热这种讨厌的病症。
  2. Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs.
     最后一天，队里的指示就是不惜一切代价实现零的突破。

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or dread or terror
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
  Synonym:awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadfulfearfulfearsomefrighteninghorrendoushorrificterrible

双语例句

• I remember how I dreaded it.
  我记得我也怕过。
• You didn't have to talk to the dreaded Mike pearsons, did your!
  你不必和可怕的麦克皮尔逊一家人谈，是吗？
• Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.
  政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（经济衰退）。
• It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
  可怕的不是死亡，而是对死亡或痛苦的恐惧。
• But, beyond this, he dreaded nothing distinctly.
  可是更进一步他却再无明显的畏惧。
• Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs.
  最后一天，队里的指示就是不惜一切代价实现零的突破。
• Hagen sighed. Now would come the part he dreaded.
  黑根叹了口气，如今他最害怕的一幕就要揭开了。
• No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
  没人知道如何治疗这种可怕的疾病。
• I only dreaded that you would make my mistakes.
  我只是害怕你会跟我犯同样的错误。
• "I wish we could trade places," I said, knowing how much he dreaded the coming ordeal.
  我说：“我希望我们能交换位置”，知道他有多么害怕即将到来的痛苦。