N-VAR 恐惧;惧怕 Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger.
I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear. 我坐在地板上,吓得发抖。
...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark... 儿时记忆中的病痛和对黑暗的恐惧
London Zoo is running hypnosis programmes to help people overcome their fear of spiders. 伦敦动物园正在搞催眠活动,帮助人们克服对蜘蛛的恐惧。
VERB 害怕;惧怕 If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted. 很多人惧怕变化,因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式遭到破坏。
N-VAR 担心;担忧;忧心 A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure... 激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望,而是对失败的担心。
Then one day his worst fears were confirmed... 后来有一天,他最担心的事终于发生了。
His fears might be groundless. 他的担心也许毫无根据。
...the fear that once a war began it would soon pass beyond the ability of either side to manage it. 担心一旦开战,双方很快都将无法驾驭战势
VERB 担心;担忧;忧虑 If you fear something unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis... 她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。
More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces. 两百多万难民担心受到效忠旧政府的势力的攻击而逃离该地区。
N-VAR (坏事发生的)可能性,机会,几率 If you say that there is a fear that something unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely.
There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood... 并无引起误会的可能性。
There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors. 人们担心冻结银行账户可能会长期阻碍投资。
VERB (替…)担心;(为…)担忧 If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
Carla fears for her son... 卡拉为儿子担心。
He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life. 他星期五逃走了,说是担心自己有生命危险。
N-VAR 担心;担忧 If you have fears for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture. 他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。
...fear for her own safety. 对她自己安全的担心
VERB 害怕做;不愿做 If you fear to do something, you are afraid to do it or you do not wish to do it.
She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news... 她闭紧双唇,仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。
Old people fear to leave their homes. 老年人都不愿背井离乡。
VERB 恐怕 You say that you fear that a situation is the case when the situation is unpleasant or undesirable, and when you want to express sympathy, sorrow, or regret about it.
I fear that a land war now looks very probable... 恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。
'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.' “留下什么东西了吗?” ——“恐怕没有。”
PHRASE 在对…的担心之中;在对…的恐惧之中 If you are in fear of doing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
The elderly live in fear of assault and murder. 老人们生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧之中。
PHRASE 以免;免得 If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings... 她什么都不敢对他们说,以免伤害他们的感情。
No one dared shoot for fear of hitting Pete. 没人敢开枪,怕伤着皮特。
PHRASE 别担心;不用怕 You say 'fear not' or 'never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened.
Fear not, Darlene will protect me... 别担心,达琳会保护我的。
You'll get the right training, never fear. 你会受到正规训练的,别担心。
CONVENTION 绝对不;当然不 You use 'no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something.
When I asked him if he wanted to change his mind, William said 'No fear.' 我问威廉是否想改主意,他说:“绝不会。”
PHRASE 故意吓唬;故意使…担心 If someone or something puts the fear of God into you, they frighten or worry you, often deliberately.
At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her. 显然伊芙时不时有意吓唬她一下。
It was feared they could break the Allies 'codes. 恐怕他们会破译盟军的密码。
He confirmed what had long been feared 他证实了人们长期以来的担心。
Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend. 托什是出了名的天不怕地不怕,但是他明显被他的女朋友驯服帖了。
She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis 她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。
He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life. 他星期五逃走了,说是担心自己有生命危险。
She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother. 她担心她继承的遗产会被继母夺走。
Officials feared that any public announcements would only increase market jitters. 政府官员担心任何公开声明只会加重市场恐慌。
He was feared by other, lesser, men. 其他那些不如他的男人都很怕他。
What she feared most was becoming like her mother 她最怕的就是变得像她妈妈那样。
They feared a new cholera pandemic 他们担心新一轮的霍乱大流行。
Chaplin feared that the art of pantomime was under threat. 卓别林担心哑剧艺术面临威胁。
It was feared his body was rejecting a kidney he received in a transplant four years ago. 令人担心的是,他的身体可能对4年前移植的肾产生了排斥反应。
He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents 他和他专横残暴的父母一样为人惧怕和憎恨。
The two youths today declined to testify because they said they feared for their safety. 这两个年轻人今天拒绝作证,称他们是出于对自身安全的担心。
It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe 人们担心类似的流行病很快会传到欧洲。
Yet it is feared the Republican leadership could split over the agreement 但有人担心,共和党的领导层可能会在该协议上出现意见分歧。
I feared I wouldn't be able to control such a strong horse. 我怕我驾驭不了这么强壮的马。
Some members feared Germany might raise its interest rates on Thursday. That could have set the scene for a confrontation with the US. 一些成员国担心德国可能于星期四提高利率,那有可能导致其与美国发生冲突。
Every underling feared him. 所有的手下都怕他。
She no longer feared that they should misunderstand her. 她不再害怕他们会误解她了。
She feared that she might not find him in his office. 她怕在办公室会找不到他。
It was feared that food supplies would give out before the besieged town could be relieved. 人们担心食品储备在被围的城镇解围以前就会耗尽。
After only a few years of marriage, jim and Mary began to grow apart, and their friends feared they might separate. 吉姆和玛丽刚结婚几年就离心离德,他们的朋友担心他们会分手。
Some of the president's advisers feared Hitler might declare war on the United states. 总统的几位顾问担心希特勒会向美国宣战。
Those people feared to live in the clutches of foreign secret police. 那些人害怕在外国秘密警察控制下生活。
His ruthlessness as a leader made him feared and hated. 他是一个冷酷无情的领导,大家都害怕和讨厌他。
It is feared he may have been kidnapped. 人们担心他可能被绑架了。
"I feared you were ill," she said. 我害怕你生病了,她说。
I feared. I knew that I wanted to be too many. 我怕了。我知道我又想太多了。
I could not work out why they feared them. 我不能工作了,为什么他们害怕他们。