Petty crime was rampant: up to 300 cases a year, with neighbouring villages terrorised.

每年多达300起案件，邻近村庄也感到恐惧。

Her giant steel spiders, which teetered across the world from New York to St Petersburg to London's Tate Modern, were both terrorising and protective.

她巨型钢制蜘蛛，从纽约到圣彼得堡到伦敦现代美术馆，在世界各地摇摇欲坠，既令人毛骨悚然给人保护之意。

More elaborate interpretations abound for his tale of a ravenous great white terrorising the genteel seaside town of Amity on Long Island.

这部电影讲述了一只常巨大白鲨威胁着一个叫艾米蒂长岛幽静滨海小镇故事，人们对这个故事解释众说纷纭。

Whatever the reasons, a moral malaise has gripped a minority of young Britons, a subgroup that is nevertheless big enough to terrorise and humiliate the country.

不论是何原因，有一件事是肯定，即少数英国年轻人染患了道德痼疾，这个群体数量虽少却足以让这个国家受到威胁和羞辱。