fear是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen -- 害怕，惧怕；担忧

  • Trembling with fear, she handed over the money to the gunman. 她吓得发抖，战战兢兢地把钱递给了持枪歹徒。

  • Even when the waves grew big, the boy showed no (signs of) fear. 即使浪再大，这个男孩也毫无惧色。

  • I have a fear of heights. 我有恐高症。

  • The low profit figures simply confirmed my worst fears. 这么低的利润额完全证实了我最担心的事。

  • [ + that ] There are fears that the disease will spread to other countries. 有人担心这种疾病会传播到其他国家。

  • Lakisha sat inside, in fear of her life, until the police came. 拉基莎担心自己的安全，就坐在里面直到警察到来。

  • Greta knows the city well, so there's no fear of us getting lost (= we will not get lost). 格蕾塔很熟悉这座城市，所以我们不可能迷路。

  • They wouldn't let their cat outside for fear (that) it would get run over. 他们不让猫到室外去，生怕它被车撞到。

  • I didn't want to move for fear of waking her up. 我当时不想动，生怕把她弄醒了。

• 1 to be frightened of something or someone unpleasant -- 害怕，畏惧，惧怕

  • Most older employees fear unemployment. 大多数上了年纪的雇员害怕失业。

  • What do you fear most? 你最怕什么？

  • [ + (that) ] Police fear (that) the couple may have drowned. 警方担心这对夫妇可能已溺水身亡。

  • formal It is feared (that) as many as two hundred passengers may have died in the crash. 人们担心可能有多达两百名乘客在这次空难中丧生。

  • We huddled together, fearing we might be killed. 我们挤作一团，担心会被杀掉。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Fearing to go herself, she sent her son to find out the news. 她自己不敢去，就派了儿子去探查消息。

  • [ + (that) ] I fear (that) she's already left. 恐怕她已经离开了。