及物动词

名词

1. 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.

2. 忧虑;恐惧
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.

3. 可怕的;令人畏惧的
Dread means terrible and greatly feared.

4. 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.

5. see also: dreaded

6. 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. fearful expectation or anticipation

e.g. the student looked around the examination room with apprehension

Synonym: apprehensionapprehensiveness