单词 | frighten off |
释义 | frighten off (once / 37883 pages) v WORD FAMILY frighten off: frightened off, frightening off, frightens off USAGE EXAMPLESThese con artists probably aren’t frightened off by some recorded message. Washington Post(Aug 23, 2016) They were frightened off by a power struggle. BBC(Jul 20, 2016) Also, some EU countries such as France want to punish Britain with harsh and speedy divorce terms in order to frighten off other leave candidates. Los Angeles Times(Jun 24, 2016) v cause to lose courage Syn|Hyper dash, daunt, frighten away, pall, scare, scare away, scare off intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats |
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