: feeling a sense of danger : urgently worried, concerned, or frightened
I was alarmed to see how sick she looked.
And what followed was not a miracle but a … model of how tough government, cooperative businessmen and a very alarmed public can make a dirty world clean again. William Oscar Johnson
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VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound害怕;感到害怕;看上去害怕;好像害怕;聽起來害怕▸➤become, get, grow害怕起來;開始感到害怕◇She began to grow alarmed when she realized how late it was.她意識到天有多晚時,變得害怕起來。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常擔憂▸➤seriously非常擔憂▸➤increasingly越來越擔憂▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些擔憂▸➤(not) unduly(並沒有)過分擔憂◇The government is not unduly alarmed by these figures.政府並沒有因這些數字而過分擔憂。PREPOSITION➤at對⋯感到害怕◇She was alarmed at the prospect of being alone.一想到要孤身一人她就感到害怕。➤by因⋯感到擔憂◇I was slightly alarmed by what Susan told me.蘇珊的話讓我有點兒擔憂。PHRASES➤nothing to be alarmed about沒什麼可擔心的◇The doctors have decided to keep him overnight but there is nothing to be alarmed about.醫生決定讓他留院一晚,但這沒什麼可擔心的。