dread

verb

1. 非常害怕；极为担心
   to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen
   1. This was the moment he had been dreading.
      这是他一直最担心的时刻。
   2. I dread being sick.
      我特别害怕生病。
   3. She dreads her husband finding out.
      她生怕丈夫察觉出来。
   4. I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
      我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。

noun

1. 恐惧；令人惧怕的事物
   a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling
   1. The prospect of growing old fills me with dread .
      想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。
   2. She has an irrational dread of hospitals.
      她莫名其妙地害怕医院。
   3. The committee members live in dread of (= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal.
      委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言飞语。
   4. My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.
      我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。

1. VERB 非常担心;极为害怕
   If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.
   1. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
      今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
   2. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
      说实话,我生怕回来。
   3. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day...
      我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
   4. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
      我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
2. N-UNCOUNT 忧虑;恐惧
   Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.
   1. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
      她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
3. ADJ 可怕的;令人畏惧的
   Dread means terrible and greatly feared.
   1. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
      对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策
4. ADJ 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
   You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.
   1. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
      令人不快的短语“政治上正确”
5. See also: dreaded
6. 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.
   1. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
      我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
   2. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
      我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。

1. Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and dependence on others?
   你是期望变老，还是害怕自己年迈体衰、记忆减退，而且还要依赖他人？
2. I'm dreading Christmas this year
   今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
3. I dreaded coming back, to be honest
   说实话，我生怕回来。
4. I suffer badly from cold sores and dread them appearing on my wedding day
   我的唇疱疹很严重，我真担心它会在我的婚礼上发作。
5. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
   我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
6. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
   她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。
7. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency
   我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
8. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
   我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。
9. The old dread knotted her stomach.
   从前那些可怕的经历让她的心都揪紧了。
10. I've got to go home, but Lord knows I dread it.
    我必须得回家了，不过是个人都知道我很怕回去。
11. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be
    我不敢想象我们的电话费会有多少。
12. Children dread the derision of their playmates.
    孩子们害怕受到同伴的嘲笑。
13. What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas.
    我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。
14. Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.
    她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
15. I dread the examination.
    我怕这次考试。
16. Hitherto she had felt no dread with regard to the coming interview.
    先前，她对于即将进行的会谈并不感到害怕。
17. Otherwise, my dread of criticism can paralyze me.
    不然的话，我对批评的恐惧将让我行为瘫痪。
18. I knew Tom was dying, but I did not dread it.
    我知道汤姆将不久人世，但我不害怕了。
19. Life hold my breath I am drowning in my dread.
    生活屏住了我的呼吸，我沉浸在恐惧中。
20. I dread to see him fail.
    我很担心看到他失败。
21. I dread the day she finds out.
    我担心有一天她会发现。
22. As I came to this realization, I was filled with both excitement and dread.
    当我有了这个意识后，我的情绪里充满了激动和担心。
23. I grew to await it with a nameless dread.
    我心头发生了无名的恐怖，期待着。
24. My internal life was full of uncertainty, anger, and a dread of ever-looming violence.
    而我的内心生活则充满了不确信、愤怒和对始终若隐若现的暴力的恐惧。
25. It was not fear or dread.
    这不是害怕，也不是恐惧。
26. If I don't get my daily dose of Aspartame I wake up and dread reality.
    如果我没有得到我的每日剂量的阿斯巴甜我醒来和恐惧的现实。
27. Burnout: If you dread returning to work, you may be burned out.
    精力枯竭：如果你害怕回去工作那么也许你枯竭了。
28. There were whispers that you'd been killed. I've been living with unbearable dread.
    有人说你被杀了。我一直活在无法忍受的恐惧中。
29. Anticipate with dread or anxiety.
    怀着恐惧和焦急地期待着某事物。
30. What effects do chivalry and dread have?
    骑士精神和令人恐惧什么效果？

  fear dread【导航词义：害怕】

  fear n. 害怕，恐惧

〔辨析〕指对危险、令人害怕的事物、可能发生的坏事等产生的畏惧。

  dread n. 害怕，恐惧

〔辨析〕指对将要发生的事或将来可能会发生的事的强烈畏惧。

noun

1. fearful expectation or anticipation
   1. the student looked around the examination room with apprehension

   Synonym:    apprehensionapprehensiveness

verb

1. be afraid or scared of
   1. I fear the winters in Moscow
   2. We should not fear the Communists!

   Synonym:    fear