汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 危言耸听
危言耸听 (危言聳聽)
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
危言 Surprising words / 耸 disturb / 耸听 Surprise the obedient / Refers to deliberately saying exaggerated and scary things to make people startled and shocked
故意说出吓人的话,让人听了害怕你别危言耸听,事情没那么严重。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这未免太危言耸听了。

This may be too alarmist.

说危机当头绝非危言耸听

It is not an overstatement to say a crisis is imminent.

政府昨天指责“绿色和平”组织危言耸听

The government yesterday accused Greenpeace of scaremongering.

金融重商主义的危害也许有点危言耸听

The threat of financial mercantilism can be overstated.

食品业的一位发言人说这个电视节目危言耸听

A spokesperson for the food industry said the TV programme was alarmist.

森林要遭灭顶之灾的传闻已是危言耸听了。

News of the death of forests appears to have been greatly exaggerated.

与那些危言耸听的报道相反,他不会死的。

Contrary to the more alarmist reports, he is not going to die.

和很多西方的时事评论家不同,他并不是危言耸听者。

Unlike many Western commentators, he is not an alarmist.

警报批评的部分并非危言耸听,他的结论已证明确有此事。

Part of what alarms his critics is how un-alarmist his conclusions have turned out to be.

幸运的是,喜欢思考的危言耸听者比傻子还是多些。

Fortunately, there are fewer fools around than some of the scaremongers like to think.