使人或动物感到恐惧，以使其离开：指通过恐吓或吓唬使人或动物感到害怕，从而使其离开或逃跑。
frighten off // [ frightening frightened frightens ]
cause to lose courage
同义词： daunt / dash / scare off / pall / scare away / frighten away / scare
... panic attack 惊恐发作 frighten off 吓跑 scare away 吓跑 ...
... give up放弃 frighten off吓走(某人) put pressure on给……施压，增添压力 ...
It is meant to frighten off evil spirits.
目的是想吓走阴魂鬼神。
Yuli farmers bedeck their fields with waving banners to frighten off wild geese and ducks.
旗海飘飘，玉里镇农民在田间插满旗帜以吓阻雁鸭。
In ancient China, there was a form of dance which was performed at ritual ceremonies to frighten off the ghosts and to relieve people of epidemics.
例。中国古代有种舞，就是驱鬼逐疫的祭祀仪式上跳的舞。
Critics say the reforms will focus more power in the president's hands and this will frighten off foreign investors.
Businessmen protest that attempts to prosecute former officials and their cronies for corruption have broadened into witch hunts that frighten off investment.
Moreover, they will get the money up-front, giving them a war chest likely to frighten off many firms thinking of entering the state's electricity market.