alarming
美音:
[ə´lɑ:mıŋ
]英音:
[ə´lɑ:mıŋ
]adj.使人惊动的,令人担忧的
难易程度:
alarming为短语/超纲词汇
alarming
adj
making you feel worried or frightened
an alarming increase in violent crime
The rainforest is disappearing at an alarming rate.
>alarminglyadv
1. These alarming forecasts are largely simple projections of the past two or three decades of workplace trends. 这些令人惊恐的预测基本上是过去20或30年时间里的职业领域趋势的简单写照。
2. The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing. 我们星球上的人口爆炸状况正在以惊人的速度加剧着,不过增长的百分比在减小。
3. Nothing particularly alarming is happening to its companions. 同伴们并未发生什么特别令人担惊受怕的事情。
4. Despite such alarming numbers, the federal and state governments have been slow in implementing programs to stop the spread of AIDS. 尽管数量大得惊人,但各州和联邦政府在实施防止艾滋病蔓延的计划方面行动迟缓。
5. It is then left completely undisturbed with plenty of food and water so that it can absorb the atmosphere of its new home and see that nothing particularly alarming is happening to its companions. 然后给它以充足的食物和水,一定不要惊扰它,以便让他能适应新居的气氛,并且看到自己的同伴身上没有发生让自己担惊受怕的事。
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