dread

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。

He lived in dread of the manager discovering the truth .

他生活在恐惧中，害怕经理发现真相。

My greatest dread is that my parents will find out .

我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。

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。

I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home .

我不敢设想他们如果无家可归将会怎么样。

The committee members live in dread of 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。

Did I hear the dreaded word ' homework ' ?

我是不是听到“家庭作业”这可怕的字眼了？

The dreaded moment had finally arrived .

可怕的时刻终于来到了。

We lived in mortal dread of him discovering our secret .

因为害怕他发现我们的秘密，我们终日惶恐不安。

She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father .

她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。

She has an irrational dread of hospitals .

她莫名其妙地害怕医院。

This was the moment he had been dreading .

这是他一直最担心的时刻。

She dreads her husband finding out .

她生怕丈夫察觉出来。

I dread being sick .

我特别害怕生病。

It 's the dreaded lurgy !

就是那种吓人的小病！

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。

No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease .

没人知道如何治疗这种可怕的疾病。

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。

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。

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。

She thought with dread of the cold winters to come .

她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。

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。

Inarticulate and rather shy , he had always dreaded speaking in public

他不善言辞又相当害羞，一直害怕在公共场合讲话。

Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs .

最后一天，队里的指示就是不惜一切代价实现零的突破。

I dreaded coming back , to be honest

说实话，我生怕回来。

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。

Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word : recession .

政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（经济衰退）。

I 'm dreading Christmas this year

今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。

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？

This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers

这正是洞穴探险者害怕的那种洪水。