看新闻有个黑人说她I was scary，感觉是错的

Littlebush

刚才看电视新闻说有个黑人报警说她看到一个男的似乎人事不省的behind  the wheel，说她似乎看到个死人的脸，接着说I was scary，感觉这个scary只能形容something，应该是I was scared？

elusty

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# O- y: q  ~- j9 V# Y; B  j/ H- Ehttp://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/scary
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http://english.stackexchange.com ... ence-right-or-wrong

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orca

SOED和MWCD里倒是也有“frightened”这一解释
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Littlebush

感觉不能用来形容人

woaini123

Littlebush 发表于 2016-9-18 16:24
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: s  f4 G1 |2 a; d' w/ W3 nWiktionary 第二个义项解释的很好，其他几部大型英汉词典也有提到惊恐害怕之意，似乎该义是口语用法，不那么常用：
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2. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
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1916, Texas Department of Agriculture, Bulletin (issues 47-57), page 150:
! _+ d' R5 M4 n+ b8 j0 y4 lAnd let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare.

Littlebush

( ]! P& w0 ?  ]1 S+ a' [4 i刚才在Google上用I am scary查了一下，确实有人也问过类似的问题，答案中有个我觉得靠谱，I am scary和I am scared意思不同，I am scary是说我吓到别人，而我引用的那个场景显然应该是I am scared