dread

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dread1 /dred/ ●○○ verb  [transitive]WORRIED to feel anxious or worried about something that is going to happen or may happen 畏惧，惧怕；担心 I’ve got an interview tomorrow and I’m dreading it. 明天我要去面试，我正担心呢。dread doing something I’m dreading going back to work. 我害怕回去工作。dread somebody doing something Tim dreaded his parents finding out. 蒂姆担心他父母发现。dread (that) I’m dreading that I’ll be asked to make a speech. 我害怕被要求去演讲。dread the thought/prospect of (doing) something He dreaded the prospect of being all alone in that house. 他害怕今后要独自一人生活在那房子里。 I dread to think what will happen if they get elected (=I think it will be very bad). 我不敢去想一旦他们当选将会怎样。→ See Verb table

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dread• It prefers a rich, moist but well drained soil and dreads a dry windy site.• They avoided talking about Miss Poole or Heather and dreaded going to the weekly dinner parties.• I have to go to the dentist's tomorrow, and I'm dreading it.• I had expected her to want to come back to the hotel with me and I was dreading it.• The Wilsons were coming back from holiday today, and I was dreading telling them what had happened while they were away.• The icy weather had citrus growers dreading the effects of frost.• He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.• She will dread the thought of that final parting, which must come in time.I dread to think• What we will do next Season I dread to think.• What will happen when you publish on Sundays as well, I dread to think.• The children were playing in the room and they could have found it and I dread to think what may have happened.• I dread to think what might happen if he gets elected.• But without Debbie's determination and your article, I dread to think what might have happened.dread2 noun  [singular, uncountable]FRIGHTENED a strong fear of something that is going to happen or may happen 恐惧，害怕dread of (doing) something the dread of losing those we love 担心失去我们的所爱with dread Bernice looked with dread at the end of the passage. 伯尼斯惧怕地看着通道的尽头。 The prospect of flying filled me with dread. 想到要乘飞机我充满了恐惧。 She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. 她整天担心着会旧病复发。

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dread• A dread of black male sexuality remains.• At the time I was worn out, still reacting no doubt from living for years on end in fear and dread.• Humphrey backed up Dulles, not least because of his dread of excessive government spending.• You, with your midair dread, blindly bunched into that swinging house you call a home.• But the nameless dreads did not stop.• After a very short time we all felt a horrible feeling of being watched and an intangible atmosphere of dread and doom.• The cold hand of dread clutched Larsen's guts.• I felt a sense of dread as I walked into the interview.filled ... with dread• It accompanied her to bed at night and filled her dreams with dread and her sleep with sudden awakenings.• The prospect of entering the world of naturism filled me with dread.• The state of the suspension filled him with dread and he avoided thinking about it.• These things filled me with dread and horror.• His voice was filled with dread and fear and heavy weights.• My friends were filled with dread for the time when they would play my part in this ritual of passing.Origin dread1 Old English drædan

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dread

I

dread¹ /dred/ verb [transitive] to feel anxious or worried about something that is going to happen or may happen:
    I’ve got an interview tomorrow and I’m dreading it.
    dread doing something
    I’m dreading going back to work.
    dread somebody doing something
    Tim dreaded his parents finding out.
    dread (that)
    I’m dreading that I’ll be asked to make a speech.
    dread the thought/prospect of (doing) something
    He dreaded the prospect of being all alone in that house.
    I dread to think what will happen if they get elected (=I think it will be very bad).

II

dread² noun
[singular, uncountable] a strong fear of something that is going to happen or may happen
    dread of (doing) something
    the dread of losing those we love
    with dread
    Bernice looked with dread at the end of the passage.
    The prospect of flying filled me with dread.
    She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning.

III

dread‧ed /ˈdredəd, ˈdredɪd/ (also dread literary) adjective
[only before noun] making you feel afraid or anxious – often used humorously:
    She couldn’t put off the dreaded moment forever.