fear
[NOUN, VERB]
fears
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 害怕
2. [C, U 有变体名词] 担忧
A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
双语例句
例：These youngsters are motivated by fear of failure.
这些年轻人因担心失败而被激发。
例：Then one day his worst fears were confirmed.
后来有一天，他最担心的事发生了。
3. [C, U 有变体名词] （发生坏事的）可能性
4. [C, U 有变体名词] 为···担忧
If you have fears for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
双语例句
例：He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
他也谈及了他对祖国文化前景的担忧。
NOUN. 名词
in fear of
1. 在对…的担心中 , 在对…的恐惧中
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.
双语例句
例：The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.
老年人生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧中。
for fear of
1. 惟恐 , 以免
If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
双语例句
例：She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings.
她不敢对他们说什么，惟恐伤害他们的感情。
PHRASE. 习语
fears , fearing , feared
1. [T 及物动词] 害怕
If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
双语例句
例：It seems to me that if people fear you they respect you.
在我看来，如果人们怕你，那他们就尊重你。
2. [T 及物动词] 担心
If you fear something unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
双语例句
例：She had feared she was coming down with pneumonia or bronchitis.
她担心自己会得肺炎或支气管炎。
3. [I 不及物动词] 担心
If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
双语例句
例：Carla fears for her son.
卡拉为她的儿子担心。
VERB. 动词
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