scare
scare — 動詞
1. to cause someone or an animal to experience sudden fear, making them feel alarme
嚇到；使害怕
使感到突然的恐懼
to cause someone or an animal to experience sudden fear, making them feel alarmed or worried
A loud thunderclap scared Léa's dog so badly that it hid under the sofa.
一聲巨響的雷聲把 Léa 的狗嚇得躲到沙發底下。
transitive: scare + object
Adaeze was scared by the shadows moving outside her bedroom window late at night.
Adaeze 被臥室窗外移動的影子嚇到了。
passive: be scared by
Niran does not scare easily, but the horror film made him jump several times.
Niran 不太容易受驚嚇，但那部恐怖片讓他嚇了好幾跳。
The company tried to scare employees into accepting the new contract by threatening layoffs.
公司威脅要裁員，試圖嚇唬員工接受新的合約。
The thought of losing her job scared Tamar enough to start looking for new work.
擔憂失去工作的念頭嚇到了 Tamar，讓她開始找新工作。
文法句型
scare + object
scare + object + into + doing something
not scare easily
be scared by/of
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be scared by/of something). The intransitive pattern 'not scare easily' describes a person's general character rather than a single event.
常見錯誤
scare — 名詞
1. the feeling you get when something unexpected and frightening happens
驚嚇；驚慌
突然感到的恐懼或擔憂
the feeling you get when something unexpected and frightening happens
Rin got a real scare when she thought she lost her passport at the airport.
Rin 以為自己在機場弄丟了護照，真的嚇了一大跳。
collocation: get a scare
Tamás gave his mother quite a scare by coming home three hours late.
Tamás 晚了三小時回家，把他媽媽嚇了一跳。
collocation: give someone a scare
Vinícius had a health scare when a scan found an unusual spot on his lung.
Vinícius 有一次健康方面的驚嚇——掃描發現他肺部有異常斑點。
A small fire in the kitchen bin gave everyone in the flat a nasty scare.
廚房垃圾桶的一場小火把公寓裡的人都嚇了一大跳。
文法句型
get/have a scare
give someone a scare
用法筆記
Typically used with 'get', 'have', or 'give' + object. 'A scare' is almost always a singular countable noun in this sense — 'scares' (plural) is rare and refers to multiple separate frightening moments.
常見錯誤
2. a situation in which a lot of people become worried about something that may be
恐慌；風波
引發公眾擔憂的事件
a situation in which a lot of people become worried about something that may be dangerous, often based on news reports and sometimes without real risk
A bomb scare at the station was only a forgotten suitcase, but police closed the area.
火車站的炸彈恐慌只是個被遺忘的行李箱，但警方封鎖了現場。
collocation: bomb scare
A virus health scare spread on social media before officials confirmed any cases.
病毒健康恐慌在官員確認任何病例之前就在社群媒體上蔓延開來。
collocation: health scare
The food scare made parents throw away baby milk powder, though tests showed no risk.
食品恐慌讓家長丟掉了嬰兒奶粉，儘管檢驗結果顯示沒有風險。
During the security scare, every bag entering the stadium was searched by guards.
安全恐慌期間，進入體育館的每一個包包都經過安檢人員檢查。
文法句型
bomb scare
health scare
food scare
scare about/over
用法筆記
Often followed by 'about' or 'over' to specify the subject (e.g. 'a scare over food safety'). Frequently appears in news headlines and may later be described as 'a false alarm' if no danger existed.
常見錯誤
❌ 'The bomb scare was very scary for me personally.' — For a public scare, the focus is on collective worry; for a personal feeling, use sense 1 (a scare) instead.