frightening是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为adj. 令人害怕的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I went along, climbing the rocks, striding over extended trunks, breaking the sea bind-weed which hung from one tree to the other; and frightening the fishes, which flew from branch to branch.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Suddenly, from the boat-house, a white figure ran out, frightening in its swift sharp transit, across the old landing-stage.
-- Good morning good morning you'll come and see me? thank you so much next week yes good-bye, g-o-o-d b-y-e."Gudrun and Ursula stood and watched her slowly waving her head up and down, and waving her hand slowly in dismissal, smiling a strange affected smile, making a tall queer, frightening figure, with her heavy fair hair slipping to her eyes.
-- "It is frightening to be very ill, isn't it?"
-- Then he said, in a voice that was frightening to her in its change:"I should like to be through with it I should like to be through with the death process."
-- But this was so still and frail, as space is more frightening than force.
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