自現(xiàn)象級英語 ALARMING 1. 英英釋義：making you feel worried or frightened? 例句：It is?alarming?that students spend so much time learning without actually learning something.?2. 為什么選這個詞？?“alarming”是形容詞，意思是“令人擔(dān)憂的、使人驚慌的”；它的名詞形式是 alarm，本意是“警報、鬧鐘”。alarming 經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在新聞報道中，用來形容某個問題的嚴(yán)重性。和它同義的表達(dá)一般還有 worrying 和 disturbing。在alarming, worrying, disturbing 后面加上ly 就變成了它們的副詞形式，同樣常見，我們可以一起掌握。?一種令人擔(dān)憂的現(xiàn)象是，現(xiàn)在很多孩子在學(xué)習(xí)上花了很多時間，但其實(shí)并沒有真正學(xué)到什么東西，就可以說：It is ?alarming? that students spend so much time learning without actually learning something.在寫稀有物種、自然資源在以令人擔(dān)憂的速度消失時還可以使用“at an alarming rate/speed”這個表達(dá)。比如，中華鱘的數(shù)量越來越少，非常令人擔(dān)憂，就可以說：The Chinese sturgeon is disappearing at an?alarming rate.類似地，亞馬遜熱帶雨林消失的速度讓人擔(dān)憂，可以說：The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at an?alarming rate.另外，alarming 的副詞形式 alarmingly 也很常見。比如，在最新一期《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》Leaders 板塊中有一篇關(guān)于印度環(huán)境污染的文章，它的摘要中就出現(xiàn)了這個詞：Even by the standards of poor countries, India is alarmingly--and unnecessarily--filthy. It needs to clean up.《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》另一篇寫土耳其 #MeToo 運(yùn)動的文章中有這么一句話：Domestic violence is?alarmingly widespread in Turkey.當(dāng)我們想說某個現(xiàn)象很普遍，而這種普遍性令人擔(dān)憂的時候就可以直接說 alarmingly widespread 了。?個人拓展： 搭配：be/ seem/have an extremely/ particularly/ very /faintly/ slightly alarming increase/ rate/ report It is alarming that/ to do 背誦： 同義詞：alarming, worrying, disturbing, upsetting Domestic violence is? alarmingly ?widespreadin Turkey. Even by the standards of poorcountries, India is alarmingly --and unnecessarily--filthy. It needsto clean up. The 21stcentury brings somechallenges not seen before, most obviously and most worryingly climate change.自每周一段