非常担心;极度恐惧
extreme anxiety about or fear of someone or something
We live in mortal dread of further attacks. 我们生活在极度恐惧中，担心会再受到袭击。
He was in mortal dread of his family finding out.
Many years later, the sound of thunder aroused mortal fear in her.
She now lives in mortal terror, unable to leave her house with any degree of confidence that she'll return to it.
He screamed in mortal terror and agony.
See also: mortal adjective