fear

美 [fɪr]

英 [fɪə(r)]

复数：fears 现在分词：fearing 过去式：feared

搭配

v.+n.

overcome fear,fear death,show fear,feel fear,worst fear

adj.+n.

great fear,irrational fear,real fear,constant fear,deep fear

fear

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1.	[u][c] 害怕；惧怕；担忧the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when sth bad might happen, or when a particular thing frightens you

	Her eyes showed no fear. 她的眼神无丝毫畏惧。
	The child was shaking with fear . 小孩吓得发抖。
	(a) fear of the dark/spiders/flying, etc. 害怕黑暗、蜘蛛、坐飞机等
	We lived in constant fear of losing our jobs. 我们一直生活在担心失去工作的阴影里。
	her fears for her son's safety 她对儿子安全的担忧
	Alan spoke of his fears for the future . 艾伦谈到了他对未来的担忧。
	the fear that he had cancer 他对患癌症的恐惧
	The doctor's report confirmed our worst fears. 医生的报告证实了我们最大的担忧。

IDM

	We spoke quietly for fear of waking the guards. 我们悄悄说话，以免惊醒警卫。
	I had to run away for fear (that) he might one day kill me. 我只好逃走，生怕他有一天把我杀了。

for fear of sth/of doing sth|for fear (that)…

唯恐，以免（发生危险）to avoid the danger of sth happening

	We spoke quietly for fear of waking the guards. 我们悄悄说话，以免惊醒警卫。
	I had to run away for fear (that) he might one day kill me. 我只好逃走，生怕他有一天把我杀了。

in fear of your life

害怕会丧生；为生命安全担忧feeling frightened that you might be killed

‘Are you coming climbing?’ ‘No fear!’

“你来爬山吗？”“当然不！”

no fear

(informal)

（表示决不愿做某事）绝不，当然不used to say that you definitely do not want to do sth

‘Are you coming climbing?’ ‘No fear!’

“你来爬山吗？”“当然不！”

put the fear of God into sb

恐吓；（尤指）威胁某人服从to make sb very frightened, especially in order to make them do sth

without fear or favour

公正地；不偏不倚in a fair way

1.	[t] 害怕；畏惧；惧怕to be frightened of sb/sth or frightened of doing sth

	All his employees fear him. 他的雇员都怕他。
	to fear death/persecution/the unknown 怕死；害怕遭迫害╱未知的事物
	Don't worry, you have nothing to fear from us. 别担心，你一点也不必害怕我们。
	She feared to tell him the truth. 她不敢把真相告诉他。
	She feared going out at night. 她不敢晚上出去。

2.	[t][i] 担心；担忧to feel that sth bad might have happened or might happen in the future

	She has been missing for three days now and police are beginning to fear the worst(= think that she is dead) . 现在她已经失踪三天了，警方担心发生了最坏的情况（认为她已死亡）。
	Hundreds of people are feared dead. 好几百人恐遭不测。
	Women and children are feared to be among the victims. 大家担心受害者中有妇女儿童。
	It is feared (that) he may have been kidnapped. 人们担心他可能被绑架了。
	She feared (that) he might be dead. 她担心他可能死了。
	Never fear/Fear not(= Don't worry) , I shall return. 别担心，我会回来的。

3.	[i] （引出不好的事情）恐怕used to tell sb that you think that sth bad has happened or is true

	They are unlikely to get here on time, I fear. 恐怕他们不大可能准时到达这里。
	‘He must be dead then?’ ‘ I fear so .’ “那么他肯定死了？”“恐怕是这样。”
	‘She's not coming back?’ ‘ I fear not .’ “她不打算回来了？”“我想是的。”