frighten vt. fill sb. with fear; make afraid使害怕; 使(人)感到恐惧

　　The storm frightens the baby.

　　暴风雨使那个婴儿受惊吓。

　　frightened adj. in a state of fear; afraid; scared感到恐惧的; 受到惊吓的

　　He looked frightened as he spoke. 他说话时显得非常恐惧。

　　【辨析】 frightening与frightened

　　形容词frightening意为"令人惊吓的, 恐怖的", 常用来说明事物。类似的形容词还有exciting, interesting, disappointing, puzzling, surprising, astonishing, shocking, moving, amusing, encouraging, boring, pleasing, inspiring, tiring, worrying等, 如:

　　The situation is encouraging.

　　形势使人感到鼓舞。

　　与frightening相对应的过去分词型的形容词是frightened, 常用来修饰人。类似的形容词还有excited, interested, disappointed, puzzled, surprised, astonished, shocked, moved, amused, encouraged, bored, delighted, inspired, pleased, tired, worried等。

　　注意:

　　若说明或修饰的名词是face, look, smile, voice等能表现出人的情感的词, 通常用过去分词型的形容词。如:

　　There was an excited look on his face.

　　他的脸上有种兴奋的表情。

　　Her voice sounded excited.

　　她的声音听起来很兴奋。

　　The girl stared at the man with frightened eyes.

　　这女孩以惊恐的眼神凝视那位男子。

　　练习

　　(1)Mr. Smith,_____________ of the_____________ speech, started to read a novel.

　　A. tired; boring

　　B. tiring; bored

　　C. tired; bored

　　D. tiring; boring

　　(2)I was cycling in the street when I heard an old woman_____________ out a _____________ cry and then saw her bleeding badly.

　　A. give; frightening

　　B. give; frightened

　　C. to give; frightening

　　D. to give; frightened

　　(3)_____________ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree,_____________ out of her life.

　　A. Seen; frightening

　　B. Seeing; frightening

　　C. To see; frightened

　　D. Seeing; frightened

　　答案:

(1)A　第一个空形容史密斯先生累了, 指人, 用过去分词。第二个空指speech"演讲", 指物, 用现在分词表示"令人厌倦的"。