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昨天发了这篇文章中英对照：100个关于武汉疫情的高频表达 | 外刊高频词汇，有人在评论区说alarm前加an，今天公众号“高斋CATTI”就给大家分享外刊里面出现的几个恐惧、恐慌的表达，看看它们是可数名词还是不可数名词。
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第一个Alarm
alarm这个单词在表示警报的时候一般是单数，可数名词，如经济学人...they promptly sounded an alarm.
但是在表示恐慌的时候是不可数名词，如科林斯词典例句：
The doctor said there was no cause for alarm.
医生说不必惊慌。
还比如经济学人在说此次疫情的时候就使用了alarm，如：
The coronavirus discovered in China is causing global alarm.
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第二个Scare
Scare可以作动词，也可以是名词，我们看看柯林斯词典里面的解释：
[C] (used especially in newspapers 尤用于报章) 恐慌；恐惧 a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about sth，如：
to cause a major scare
引起严重恐慌
还比如经济学人在说此次疫情的时候就使用了scare，如：
But>is now causing a global scare: it is a known unknown.
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第三个Fear
fear可以作动词，如many people fear change许多人惧怕改变。
Fear可数名词和不可数名词都有见过，如：
I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
我坐在地板上，吓得发抖。
He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。
还比如经济学人在说此次疫情的时候就使用了fear，如：
People’s fear is understandable.
人们恐惧是可以理解的。
还比如金融时报：
The economic impact of Sars was driven mainly by fear, analysts at JPMorgan said, as consumers changed their behaviour to avoid close contact with other people.
Markets recovered slightly>on fears over the outbreak.
注意on fears over是固定表达，表示因为/由于担心……
常见的表达还有for fear of/that，如：
She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings.
她什么都不敢对他们说，以免伤害他们的感情。
还有固定用法，如：
At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her.
显然伊芙时不时有意吓唬她一下。
There was no fear that指没有……的可能性。 (坏事发生的)可能性，机会，几率
If you say that there is a fear that something unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely. 如：
There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood
并无引起误会的可能性。
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第四个Panic
如经济学人关于此次疫情的文章中有这句：
Efforts to ensure transparency could reduce panic.
确保透明度可以减少恐慌。
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第五个Terrorise
Terrorise是动词，如经济学人这句：
The new virus is a close relative of sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which emerged in China in 2002 and terrorised the world for over half a year before burning out.
这种新型病毒和非典（严重急性呼吸系统综合征）病毒是近亲。2002年中国爆发了非典疫情，造成世界范围半年多时间的恐慌，然后才逐渐消失。
说不恐慌是假的，但是我们最需要做的是加强自我防护，还有上次推送文章CATTI备考：WHO宣布新型冠状病毒疫情为国际突发公共卫生事件 | 国际组织文件
里面的下面三句话：
This is the time for facts, not fear.
此时此刻，需要事实，而非恐惧。
This is the time for science, not rumours.
此时此刻，需要科学，而非谣言。
This is the time for solidarity, not stigma.
此时此刻，需要团结，而非污名化。
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