1、frighten

使驚恐;使害怕;嚇唬

He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear.

他知道索利是想嚇唬他，所以他擠出笑容掩飾自己的恐懼。

Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.

大多數孩子見到血就害怕。

嚇跑;嚇走;把…嚇得躲遠

The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish.

漁民們說這家公司進行的地震勘測把魚都嚇跑了。

He fired into the air, hoping that the noise would frighten them off.

他向空中開槍，希望槍聲能把它們嚇走。

使嚇得不敢打交道(或參與)

Building society repossessions have frightened buyers off.

建屋互助協會收回未償清房貸的住房，這嚇退了很多買家。

The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.

政府確信炸彈襲擊者的目的是想嚇跑外國投資者。

2、gather

(使）聚集；（使）集合

In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked.

晚上，我們聚在火爐邊聊天。

The man signalled for me to gather the children together.

那人示意讓我將孩子們召集起來。

收集，搜集（情報、證據等）

a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information.

用暗藏的錄音機搜集證據的私家偵探

This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court.

這將有利于控方律師搜集對他不利的證據以在法庭上指控他。