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fear
fɪəʳ fɪr
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense fears, present participle fearing, past tense , past participle feared
1 N-VAR 恐惧;惧怕 Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger. 恐惧;惧怕
  • 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. [+ of]

    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。

2 VERB 害怕;惧怕 If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you. 害怕;惧怕
  • Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted. [VERB noun]

    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。

3 N-VAR [NOUN that] 担心;担忧;忧心 A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened. 担心;担忧;忧心
  • These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure. [+ of]

    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

4 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. 担心;担忧;忧虑
  • She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis. [VERB that]

    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. [VERB noun]

    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。

SYN worry, suspect, anticipate, be afraid
5 N-VAR [oft NOUN that] (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. (坏事发生的)可能性,机会,几率
  • 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。

6 VERB (…)担心;(…)担忧 If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger. (…)担心;(…)担忧
  • Carla fears for her son. [VERB + for]

    卡拉为儿子担心。

  • He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life. [VERB + for]

    他星期五逃走了,说是担心自己有生命危险。

7 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. 担心;担忧
  • He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture. [+ for]

    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

8 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. 害怕做;不愿做
  • She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news. [VERB to-infinitive]

    她闭紧双唇,仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。

  • Old people fear to leave their homes. [VERB to-infinitive]

    老年人都不愿背井离乡。

9 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. 恐怕 [formal]
  • I fear that a land war now looks very probable. [VERB that]

    恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。

  • 'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.' [V so/not]

    留下什么东西了吗?” —“恐怕没有。

SYN regret, feel, suspect, have a feeling
10 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. 在对的担心之中;在对的恐惧之中
  • 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。

11 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. 以免;免得
  • 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。

12 PHRASE [usually PHRASE with cl] 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. 别担心;不用怕 [old-fashioned]
  • 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。

13 CONVENTION 绝对不;当然不 You use 'no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something. 绝对不;当然不 [British, informal, emphasis]
  • 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。

14 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 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. 故意吓唬;故意使担心
  • 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。

Quotations
Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugural Address
I cannot do this. This is too much for me. I shall ruin myself if I take this risk. I cannot take the leap, it's impossible. All of me will be gone if I do this and I cling to myself J.N. Figgis
Let them hate, so long as they fear Accius
Perfect love casteth out fear Bible: 1 John
Perfect fear casteth out love Cyril Connolly
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurusfear Also look up:
N.

alarm, dread, panic, terror 1

concern, worry 3 5

Word PartnershipUse fear with:
VERB.

face your fear, hide your fear, live in fear, overcome your fear 1

ADJ.

constant fear 1

irrational fear 1 3

worst fear 3

N.

fear change, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of the unknown 2

nothing to fear, fear the worst 2 4

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