at an alarming rate
通常带有负面的意义。
常用释义
英式发音
美式发音
基本释义
- 以惊人的速度：表示某种事情正在以非常快的速度发生，通常带有负面的意义。
例句
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1·The disease has spread at an alarming rate.这种疾病已经以惊人的速度传播开来。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.我们的农村地区正在以惊人的速度消亡。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate.雨林正以惊人的速度消失。来源: 《牛津词典》
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4·The number of reported crimes is increasing at an alarming rate.报警案件的数量正在以惊人的速度增长。来源: 《牛津词典》
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5·After years of moving in lockstep, France and Germany are growing apart at an alarming rate.多年步伐一致之后，法国与德国正在以惊人的速度分道扬镳。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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6·By the 1990's, less than half of the earth's original rain forests remained, and they continued to disappear at an alarming rate every year.到20世纪90年代，地球上原有的雨林只剩下不到一半，而且它们每年都继续以惊人的速度消失。
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7·Some of Britain's most endangered wildlife, from red squirrels to native crayfish, are vanishing from the countryside at an alarming rate, a report warns.英国的一项报告表明该国大多数濒临灭绝的野生物种，从红松鼠到当地小龙虾，正在以惊人的速度消失。
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8·We've gone over where coral reefs are usually formed—along the edges of shallow ocean banks in tropical or subtropical regions, and the fact that they are declining at an alarming rate.我们已经对珊瑚礁通常是在哪里形成的问题进行了讨论，它们是在热带或亚热带地区沿着浅海海岸的边缘形成的，而它们的数量正在以惊人的速度减少。
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9·He devoured books at an alarming rate.看书如饥似渴而且速度超快。
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10·Rainforests are shrinking at an alarming rate.雨林正在以惊人的速率不断减少。