alarmist
/əˈlɑːmɪst/
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ə - ˈlɑːmɪst -> alarmist
alarm /ǝ'lɑ:m/ n
၁။ [U] အထိတ်တလန့်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ထိတ်လန့် တုန်လှုပ်ခြင်း။ The news filled me with alarm.
❍ a look of alarm ❍ He jumped up in alarm.
❍ There's no cause for alarm.
၂။ [C usu sing ] ဘေးအန္တရာယ်၊ အခက်အခဲ စသည် သတိပေးချက်၊ နှိုးဆော်ချက်။ တပ်လှန့်ခြင်း။ give/sound the alarm ❍ The alarm was raised (eg People told the police) when the couple failed to return to their hotel.
၃။ [C] သတိပေးခေါင်းလောင်း၊ သံချောင်းစသည်။ စိတ်မသိုးမသန့်ဖြစ်စေရန် လှုံ့ဆော်မှု။ set off a burglar/smoke alarm ❍ When he said he wanted to pay me by cheque, alarm bells rang/started ringing (ie I felt suspicious).
See also FALSE ALARM, FIRE ALARM
၄။ ALARM CLOCK
v လှန့်သည်။ အထိတ်တလန့် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ I don't want to alarm you, but there's a strange man in your garden.
❏ alarm clock (also alarm ) n နှိုးစက်နာရီ။
Set the alarm (clock) for 6 o'clock.
❏ alarmed adj ~ (at/by sth) လန့် [သော]။ စိုးရိမ် [သော]။ By now she was thoroughly alarmed at the idea/prospect of travelling alone. ❍ I'm somewhat alarmed (to hear) that you're planning to leave the company.
❏ alarming adj စိုးရိမ်ဖွယ်ရာ။ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ရာ။ an alarming increase in the number of car thefts ❍ The report is most alarming.
❏ alarmingly adv ကြောက်ခမန်းလိလိ။ Prices have risen alarmingly.
❏ alarmist n (derog ) သွေးလှန့်ရေးသမား။ ခြောက်လှန့်ရေး သမား။ alarmist warnings/forecasts ❍ We mustn't be alarmist.
- There was a note of alarm in her voice.
- [cause for alarm] : She is a little unwell but there is no cause for alarm.
- [burglar/fire/smoke alarm] : Every new house comes complete with smoke alarms.
- [set off/trigger an alarm] : The burglars left empty-handed after triggering the alarm.
- Did you hear my alarm go off this morning?
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