alarmed

adjective

/əˈlɑːmd/

/əˈlɑːrmd/

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alarmed (at/by something) anxious or afraid that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen擔心；害怕
- She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
Synonyms afraid
afraid
- frightened
- scared
- terrified
- alarmed
- paranoid
These words all describe feeling or showing fear.
- afraid [not before noun] feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:
  There’s nothing to be afraid of.沒有什麽要害怕的。
  Aren’t you afraid (that) you’ll fall?你不怕會跌倒嗎？
- frightened feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:
  a frightened child受驚的孩子
  She was frightened that the glass would break.她擔心玻璃會破碎。
- scared (rather informal) feeling fear; worried that something bad might happen:指害怕、擔心不幸的事可能發生：
  The thieves got scared and ran away.小偷慌張起來，都跑掉了。
afraid, frightened or scared?用 afraid、frightened 還是 scared？Scared is more informal, more common in speech, and often describes small fears. Afraid cannot come before a noun. It can only take the preposition of, not about. If you are afraid/frightened/scared of somebody/something/doing something or afraid/frightened/scared to do something, you think you are in danger of being hurt or suffering in some way. If you are frightened/scared about something/doing something, it is less a fear for your personal safety and more a worry that something unpleasant might happen.
- terrified very frightened:
  I was terrified (that) she wouldn’t come.我很害怕她不來。
  She looked at him with wide, terrified eyes.她看着他，雙目圓睜，充滿恐懼。
- alarmed afraid that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen:
  She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone.她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
- paranoid (rather informal) afraid of other people for no reason or suspecting that they are trying to harm you, when really they are not:
  You’re just being paranoid.你只是在疑神疑鬼。
Patterns
- afraid/frightened/scared of spiders, etc.
- frightened/scared/paranoid about …
- afraid/frightened/scared/terrified that …
- afraid/frightened/scared to open the door, etc.
- Don’t be afraid/frightened/scared/alarmed.
Extra Examples
- I was slightly alarmed by what Susan told me.蘇珊的話讓我有點兒擔憂。
- She began to grow alarmed when she realized how late it was.她意識到天有多晚時，變得害怕起來。
- The doctors have decided to keep him in hospital overnight but there is nothing to be alarmed about.醫生決定讓他留院一晚，但這沒什麽可擔心的。
- The government is not unduly alarmed by these figures.政府並沒有因這些數字而過分擔憂。
Topics Dangerb2, Feelingsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- at
- by
phrases
- nothing to be alarmed about
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[not before noun] protected by an alarm 有警報裝置
- This door is alarmed.這扇門安裝了警報器。