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。
• 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。
• Also, foreign material detecting stopping and alarming function is delivered by using photoelectric and infrared detecting technologies.
  应用光电探测红外线探测技术，实现了异物探测自动停车与报警功能。
• This damage is potentially more alarming in that it involves one of the drugs used in treatment, ergotamine.
  这种损伤更具有潜在的危险性，因为它涉及到治疗中所用到的一种药物&麦角胺。
• While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade
  虽然凶杀案的增加令人担忧，但和这个十年里接下来的几年将要发生的事相比却是小巫见大巫了。
• Attacks on rhinos and elephants are multiplying at an alarming rate.
  犀牛和大象越来越频繁地遭到攻击，达到了令人警觉的地步。
• Most alarming of all, the Murray-Darling's troubles are likely to worsen.
  最让人恐慌的是，墨累-达令问题很有可能继续恶化。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Alarming in three big economies already worried about high inflation.
  对于三个已经在担忧高通胀的大型经济体，这一增幅令人心惊。