alarming

英 [əˈlɑːmɪŋ]

美 [əˈlɑːrmɪŋ]

adj.  使人惊恐的; 令人惊慌的; 引起恐慌的
v.  使惊恐; 使害怕; 使担心; 给(门等)安装警报器
alarm的现在分词

现在分词：alarming　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7554 / COCA.7719

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人惊恐的；令人惊慌的；引起恐慌的
  causing worry and fear
  1. an alarming increase in crime
     犯罪活动骇人的增加
  2. The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate .
     雨林正以惊人的速度消失。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的
  Something that isalarmingmakes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  1. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
     这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
  2. ...the alarming increase in crime.
     令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象

英英释义

adj

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

双语例句

• I have only heard a less alarming account than you have heard.
  我只是听到了一些不象你们听到的那么耸人听闻的叙述。
• This damage is potentially more alarming in that it involves one of the drugs used in treatment, ergotamine.
  这种损伤更具有潜在的危险性，因为它涉及到治疗中所用到的一种药物&麦角胺。
• An alarming film was shown in this theatre.
  这家影院上映了一部令人恐慌的电影。
• Once events are safely in the past, this idea seems to become less alarming
  一旦那些事件尘封为历史，这个想法似乎就变得不那么可怕了。
• What this would mean for our standards of living and the strength of society is alarming.
  这对于我们的生活水平和社会实力的影响是惊人的。
• The grey turned to black with alarming speed.
  灰色以惊人的速度变成黑色了。
• Alarming in three big economies already worried about high inflation.
  对于三个已经在担忧高通胀的大型经济体，这一增幅令人心惊。
• The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
  这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
• Alarming parts have applied the speech alarm and LCD display.
  提示部分采用了语音播报和LCD显示两种方式。
• This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.
  这是市场经济的正常组成部分，不应成为一种令人担心的情况。