
n.驚慌;恐慌
v.使…驚慌;感到恐慌
adj.恐慌的;驚慌的
There was a panic when the building caught fire. 大樓起火時(shí), 人們一片驚慌。
Rumours of an imminent earthquake startled a panic. 謠傳即將發(fā)生地震引起了一陣恐慌。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)The thunder panicked the horse. 雷聲使受馬驚了。
The idea might panic the investors. 這個(gè)想法可能會(huì)使投資者惶恐不安。
I panic at the thought of my weakness and fear it being exposed. 想到自己的弱點(diǎn),我驚恐不堪,更害怕這弱點(diǎn)被曝光。
用作形容詞 (adj.)The financial crisis caused panic selling of securities. 金融危機(jī)引發(fā)了恐慌之下的債權(quán)拋售。
Everyone was panic when the police arrived here to search the building. 警方來搜查大樓時(shí)
panic既是類名詞,也是抽象名詞,句中的冠詞a可省略。 There was a panic among the people.句中的冠詞“a”可以省略。
v.(動(dòng)詞)panic的基本意思是指由于外界因素而使人恐慌或使人如癡如醉,可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后接名詞、代詞作賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
panic的過去式和過去分詞均是panicked。
panic還可用作名詞,意思是“恐慌,驚慌,慌亂”。例如:There was a panic when the building caught fire.大樓起火時(shí),人們一片驚慌。The thought of flying fills me with panic.我一想到飛行就嚇得戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢。