frighten away
英 [ˈfraɪtn əˈweɪ]
美 [ˈfraɪtn əˈweɪ]
吓跑; 吓走; 把…吓得躲开; 吓退; 使却步; 使吓得不敢打交道（或参与）
英英释义
verb
- cause to lose courage
- dashed by the refusal
双语例句
- The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
政府确信炸弹袭击者的目的是想吓跑外国投资者。 - He waved his torch to frighten away some animal, probably a hyena.
他挥舞火把，想把某头野兽很可能是一条土狼吓跑。 - I've been thinking, my ugly will frighten away the herpes virus?
我内心一直在思考，我的丑陋会不会吓走疱疹病毒呢？ - Thirdly, this will frighten away the other men: after all, you already have one by your side.
第三，这会把其它的男性吓跑：毕竟已经有一个人在你身边了。 - He strung the pieces of paper out to frighten birds away.
他把数张纸串在绳子上放出去吓鸟。 - A word to fathers: don't frighten away your daughter's friends.
向父亲们进一言：别吓跑了你们女儿的朋友。 - In fact, before people realized how kind she was, they thought of her as a wicked witch and rang bells made of earthenware and blew glass trumpets to frighten her away.
实际上，在人们知道她心地善良之前，总是认为她是一个邪恶的女巫，总是摇陶铃或者吹喇叭来把她吓走。 - They decide to try their best to bring their parents together: they switch places, frighten Dad's girlfriend away and finally make it.
姐妹俩惊喜之余，决定尽一切努力撮合父母，包括对调身份、设计吓跑爸爸的女朋友等，最后终于使爸妈破镜重圆。 - Well, I would not risk it. I was going to tell you a month ago-at the time you agreed to be mine, but I could not; I thought it might frighten you away from me.
所以我不敢轻易冒这个险，一个月前我就想告诉你了那个时候你答应嫁给我，不过我没有告诉你；我想，那会把你从我身边吓走的。 - Status Offline Don't burn down your house to frighten the mouse away.
本意是毋须烧房赶老鼠，我的理解是大材小用。