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。
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。