terrorized

UK //ˈter.ər.aɪzd//US //ˈter.ɚ.aɪzd//

词源

源自拉丁语 'terrere'（使害怕），经由古法语 'terroriser' 进入英语，词尾 '-ize' 表示动词化。

❶ 指通过暴力、威胁等手段使人感到极度恐惧，常用于描述个人或群体遭受长期恐吓的状态。

“The villagers were terrorized by the armed gang for months.”

（村民们被武装团伙恐吓了数月之久。）

“Bullying at school terrorized him into skipping classes.”

（校园霸凌吓得他不敢去上课。）

同义词:intimidated, frightened, menaced

terrorized into submission — 形容通过持续恐吓迫使对方屈服的状态，常见于描述压迫性统治或胁迫行为。

“The resistance fighters refused to be terrorized into submission.”

（抵抗战士们拒绝在恐吓下屈服。）