alarming

UK:  [ə'lɑː(r)mɪŋ]

US:  [ə'lɑrmɪŋ]

adj.

1.令人惊异的,令人震惊的,触目惊心的;了不起的

2.令人害怕,真吓人,使人惶恐,令人不安的

3.使人惊慌的;引起惊慌的;告急的,危言耸听的

4.恶性

5.惊动人的

1 . The British Art Market Federation, which represents many UK dealers, said the figures made "alarming reading" .
作为该国许多交易商的代表，英国艺术市场联合会表示，这份报告的数据“令人担忧”。

2 . The figures said the Conservative Party who obtain them are alarming and just a tip of the ice berg.
英国保守党获取的该数据表明，相关方面要引起警惕，而且这只是冰山一角。

3 . He said the growing number of civilian infrastructure that is being damaged and destroyed, including hospitals, also is alarming.
他说，医院等民用基础设施遭到损毁的数量不断上升也非常令人震惊。

4 . "This is alarming since the case, " he said, "I will take this opportunity to clean up the police agencies. "
“这是起令人震惊的案件，”他说，“我将以此为契机清理警方机构。”

5 . Even more alarming, we have begun to see the emergence of strains that are resistant to every last one of the antibiotic defenses.
更令人恐惧的是，我们正在目睹耐受最后一种抗生素的菌株诞生。