fear

[fiə]

n.担心, 害怕, 恐惧
v.害怕, 担心, 恐惧

例句与用法：

Hang-gliding holds no fears for her.

她一点也不害怕悬挂式滑翔。

Do not fear; I will support you.

别担心，我会支持你的。

She has a great fear of fire.

她对火有恐惧感。

词形变化：

名词: fearer | 动词过去式: feared | 动词过去分词: feared | 动词现在分词: fearing | 动词第三人称单数: fears |

详细释义：

n.

1. 害怕, 恐惧[C][U][(+of)][+(that)]

She has a great fear of water.

她很怕水。

2. 可能性[U][(+of)][+(that)]

There is no fear that he'll be late.

他不会迟到的。

3. 担心, 忧虑[C][+(that)]

My worst fears were quickly realized.

我最大的忧虑很快成了现实。

4. (尤指对神的)敬畏

vt.[W]

1. 害怕, 畏惧; 担心[+(that)]

She feared that she might not find him in his room.

她担心可能在他的房间里找不到他。

There was nothing to fear.

没什么可怕的。

She has always feared cats.

她向来怕猫。

2. 【书】恐怕; 猜想

I fear I do not know the answer to that.

我恐怕回答不出那个问题。

vi.

害怕; 感到忧虑[W][(+for)]

She feared for her daughter's safety.

她担心女儿的安全。

短语词组：

for fear of

1. 担忧

She asked us not to be noisy for fear of waking the baby.

她要我们别吵闹, 惟恐吵醒婴儿。

in fear and trembling

1. 非常恐惧

They stood there in fear and trembling.

他们站在那儿, 惊恐万状。

in fear of

1. 怕

We are in fear of more rain.

我们担心再下雨。

put the fear of God into sb.

1. 恐吓某人

The new teacher has put the fear of God into his pupils.

新来的教师把学生给镇住了。

without fear or favor

1. 公正地

In this company, promotions are given without fear or favor.

在这家公司里, 职位升迁是很公平的。