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VERB
非常擔心;極為害怕
If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
例句
I'm dreading Christmas this year...
今年我非常害怕過圣誕節。
I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
說實話,我生怕回來。
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N-UNCOUNT
憂慮;恐懼
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
例句
She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
她害怕即將來臨的寒冷冬季。
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ADJ
可怕的;令人畏懼的
Dread means terrible and greatly feared.
例句
...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
對抗這可怕疾病的更有效的國家政策
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ADJ
惱火的;生氣的;不想要的
You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
例句
...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
令人不快的短語“政治上正確”
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PHRASE
不敢想
If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
例句
I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
我不敢想在重大緊急情況下會發生什么。
I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
我不敢想好萊塢打算如何處理這個有趣的小故事。