嚇跑 discourage (sb) by fear; make (sb or an animal) leave through fear
scare sb/sth ⇔ away〔off〕
The dispute there has scared away potential investors.
那裡的爭端把原來想投資的人嚇跑了。
The high price is scaring away possible buyers.
價格昂貴,把想買東西的顧客嚇跑了。
The scarecrows are for scaring away the birds.
稻草人是用來嚇唬鳥的。
He flung a stone at the sparrows, he missed, scaring all the sparrows away.
他投石子打麻雀,沒有擊中,把麻雀都嚇飛了。
He got a gun and scared off the thief.
他拿了一支槍把小偷嚇跑了。
We keep a cat to scare the mice off.
我們養了一隻貓,用它來嚇跑老鼠。
I have got a way to scare those naughty children off.
我想出了一個嚇跑那些頑童的辦法。
The birds were scared away by the cat.
那些鳥被貓嚇跑了。