1. 非常担心;极为害怕
    If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.

dread

    e.g. I'm dreading Christmas this year...
           今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
    e.g. I dreaded coming back, to be honest...
           说实话,我生怕回来。

2. 忧虑;恐惧
    Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.

dread

    e.g. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.
           她害怕即将来临的寒冷冬季。

3. 可怕的;令人畏惧的
    Dread means terrible and greatly feared.

dread

    e.g. ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease.
           对抗这可怕疾病的更有效的国家政策

4. 恼火的;生气的;不想要的
    You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable.

    e.g. ...the dread phrase 'politically correct'.
           令人不快的短语“政治上正确”

5. see also: dreaded

6. 不敢想
    If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.

    e.g. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency...
           我不敢想在重大紧急情况下会发生什么。
    e.g. I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.
           我不敢想好莱坞打算如何处理这个有趣的小故事。