•Sudden noises scare her.突然的响声把她吓了一跳。

•She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily.她很勇敢——她不会那么容易害怕的。

•He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened) when he was driving so fast.他开得那么快，把我吓得半死。

•Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried).与陌生人见面我会感到很紧张，手足无措。

•She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she crept up behind me and shouted in my ear.她蹑手蹑脚地走到我身后对着我耳朵大喊一声，把我的魂都吓飞了。

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•Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.别发出那么大声音，会把鸟儿吓跑的。

•She scared off her attacker by screaming.她大声叫喊，把袭击她的人吓跑了。

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•If you charge as much as that, you'll scare customers off.如果你索价那么高，会吓跑顾客的。

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•The two boys scared the old man into handing over his wallet.这两个男孩恐吓老人，逼他交出钱包。

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•There's hardly any food in the house, but I'll scare something up from these leftovers.家里几乎没有甚么吃的，但我会用这些剩饭菜做出一顿饭来。

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•I got/had a scare (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning!我今天早上看到银行账单时吓了一跳。

•You gave us a real scare (= frightened us) when you fainted, you know.你知道吗，你晕倒的时候真把我们吓坏了。

•a bomb/health scare炸弹／健康恐慌

•The government are accused of employing scare tactics (= ways of frightening people in order to persuade them to do something).政府被控使用恐吓手段。

•The press have been publishing scare stories (= newspaper reports which make people feel unnecessarily worried) about the mystery virus.新闻界一直在发布关于神秘病毒的骇人报道。