alarming

英 [əˈlɑːmɪŋ]

美 [əˈlɑːrmɪŋ]

adj.  使人惊恐的; 令人惊慌的; 引起恐慌的
v.  使惊恐; 使害怕; 使担心; 给(门等)安装警报器
alarm的现在分词

现在分词：alarming　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7554 / COCA.7719

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人惊恐的；令人惊慌的；引起恐慌的
  causing worry and fear
  1. an alarming increase in crime
     犯罪活动骇人的增加
  2. The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate .
     雨林正以惊人的速度消失。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人惊恐的；令人忧虑的；让人担心的
  Something that isalarmingmakes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  1. The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
     这种病以惊人的速度传播开来。
  2. ...the alarming increase in crime.
     令人忧虑的犯罪攀升现象

英英释义

adj

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

双语例句

• These positive trends mask some alarming changes in the epidemic.
  这些具有积极意义的趋势遮盖了疾病流行的某些惊人变化。
• I have only heard a less alarming account than you have heard.
  我只是听到了一些不象你们听到的那么耸人听闻的叙述。
• Then I saw something really alarming: Both my parents'citizen ID numbers had been posted.
  然后我看到了令人惊恐的事情：我父母的身份证号都被贴了出来。
• The monitoring and alarming system of slope based on distributed optical fiber grating is presented.
  提出了一种基于分布式光纤光栅的边坡监测与报警系统。
• What this would mean for our standards of living and the strength of society is alarming.
  这对于我们的生活水平和社会实力的影响是惊人的。
• There was an alarming rise in fires during both of the past two slowdowns ( see chart).
  过去两次经济减速中，（车辆）火灾都有惊人的上升（见图表）。
• You might describe an extremely unusual situation, reveal a shocking statistic, or vividly portray an alarming problem.
  你可能会描绘一个异乎寻常的场面，透露一个触目惊心的数据，或者栩栩如生描述一个耸人听闻的问题。
• There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。
• It has been proven that the novelty detection technique can perform the damage alarming well.
  大量的研究证明新奇检测技术可以较好地应用于结构的损伤预警。
• The grey turned to black with alarming speed.
  灰色以惊人的速度变成黑色了。