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alarming

/əˈlɑːrmɪŋ/
adjective★中级— 令人担忧的
一般

引起担忧或恐惧的;令人不安的

The rising crime rate is alarming.

犯罪率的上升令人担忧。

She found the news alarming.

她发现这个消息令人不安。

💡

常用于描述令人不安的情况或信息。

搭配

alarming rate令人担忧的速度alarming news令人不安的消息

同义词

worrisomedisturbingfrighteningtroubling

反义词

reassuringcomfortingcalming

💡专业提示

用法提示

在正式场合中,'alarming' 通常用于描述严重的问题或威胁。

📖词源

源自中古英语 'alermen',意为'警告',后演变为形容词形式。

📝用法说明

通常用于描述引起担忧或恐惧的情况,也可用于比喻意义。

单词拆解

alarm
警报
root
+
-ing
进行时或形容词后缀
suffix
英汉词典

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