fear

fear　英 [fɪə(r)] 　美 [fɪr]

n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心　 vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心　 vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心　

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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。

Does the sight of a snake fill you with panic and the desire to run away as quickly as possible? If so, you have a fear of snakes.

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n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心
vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心
vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心

1. Her eyes showed no fear.

她的眼神无丝毫畏惧。
2. The child was shaking with fear.

小孩吓得发抖。
3. a fear of the dark, a fear of the spiders, a fear of the flying

害怕黑暗、蜘蛛、坐飞机等
4. Alan spoke of his fears for the future.

艾伦谈到了他对未来的担忧。
5. The doctor's report confirmed our worst fears.

医生的报告证实了我们最大的担忧。
6. All his employees fear him.

他的雇员都怕他。
7. She feared to tell him the truth.

她不敢把真相告诉他。
8. She feared going out at night.

她不敢晚上出去。
9. Hundreds of people are feared dead.

好几百人恐遭不测。

fear (n.) Middle English fere, from Old English fær "calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack," from Proto-Germanic *feraz "danger" (source also of Old Saxon far "ambush," Old Norse far "harm, distress, deception," Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr "danger"), from PIE *pēr-, a lengthened form of the verbal root *per- (3) "to try, risk."
fear (v.) Old English færan "to terrify, frighten," from a Proto-Germanic verbal form of the root of fear (n.). Cognates: Old Saxon faron "to lie in wait," Middle Dutch vaeren "to fear," Old High German faren "to plot against," Old Norse færa "to taunt."

fear ★ / fɪə(r) ; NAmE fɪr / noun , verb fear fears feared fearing noun ★ [uncountable , countable ] the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when sth bad might happen, or when a particular thing frightens you 害怕；惧怕；担忧 ◆ 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。 fear(of sb/sth) ◆ (a) fear of the dark/spiders/flying, etc. 害怕黑暗、蜘蛛、坐飞机等 ◆ We lived in constant fear oflosing our jobs. 我们一直生活在担心失去工作的阴影里。 fear(for sb/sth) ◆ 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。 fear(that…) ◆ 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。 IDIOMS for fear of sth/of doing sth | for fear (that)… to avoid the danger of sth happening 唯恐，以免（发生危险） ◆ 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 ˌfear of your ˈlife feeling frightened that you might be killed 害怕会丧生；为生命安全担忧 ˌno ˈfear ( BrE) ( informal) used to say that you definitely do not want to do sth （表示决不愿做某事）绝不，当然不 ◆ ‘Are you coming climbing?’ ‘No fear!’ “你来爬山吗？”“当然不！” put the fear of ˈGod into sb to make sb very frightened, especially in order to make them do sth 恐吓；（尤指）威胁某人服从 without fear or ˈfavour ( formal) in a fair way 公正地；不偏不倚 ☞more at fool n. , strike v. verb ★ 1 ★ [transitive ] to be frightened of sb/sth or frightened of doing sth 害怕；畏惧；惧怕 fearsb/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 fromus. 别担心，你一点也不必害怕我们。 fearto do sth ◆ ( formal) She feared to tell him the truth. 她不敢把真相告诉他。 feardoing sth ◆ ( formal) She feared going out at night. 她不敢晚上出去。 2 ★ [transitive , intransitive ] to feel that sth bad might have happened or might happen in the future 担心；担忧 fearsth ◆ 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）。 fearsb/sth + adj. ◆ Hundreds of people are feared dead. 好几百人恐遭不测。 be feared to be/have sth ◆ 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)… ◆ It is feared (that) he may have been kidnapped. 人们担心他可能被绑架了。 fear(that)… ◆ 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 fear [intransitive ] ( formal) used to tell sb that you think that sth bad has happened or is true （引出不好的事情）恐怕 ◆ 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。” PHRASAL VERB ˈfear for sb/sth to be worried about sb/sth 为…担心（或担忧） ◆ We fear for his safety. 我们担心他的安全。 ◆ He feared for his mother, left alone on the farm. 他为独自一人留在农场的母亲担忧。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 fear terror ◆panic ◆alarm ◆fright These are all words for the bad feeling you have when you are afraid. 以上各词均表示害怕时的恐慌情绪。 ■ fear the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when sth bad might happen, or when a particular thing frightens you 指害怕、惧怕、担忧： ◆ (a) fear of flying 害怕坐飞机 ◆ She showed no fear. 她毫无惧色。 ■ terror a feeling of extreme fear 指惊恐、恐惧、惊骇： ◆ Her eyes were wild with terror. 她的眼睛里充满了恐惧。 ■ panic a sudden feeling of great fear that cannot be controlled and prevents you from thinking clearly 指惊恐、恐慌： ◆ I had a sudden moment of panic. 我突然一阵惊慌。 ■ alarm fear or worry that sb feels when sth dangerous or unpleasant might happen 指惊恐、惊慌、恐慌： ◆ The doctor said there was no cause for alarm. 医生说不必惊慌。 ■ fright a feeling of fear, usually sudden 通常指突如其来的惊吓、恐怖： ◆ She cried out in fright. 她吓得大声叫喊。 fear or fright? 用 fear 还是 fright？ Frightis a reaction to sth that has just happened or is happening now. Use fear,but not fright,to talk about things that always frighten you and things that may happen in the future. *fright 指对刚刚发生或正在发生的事情的反应。对一直使人害怕的事物和对未来可能发生的事情感到担忧应该用 fear，而不能用 fright： ◆ I have a fright of spiders. ◆ his fright of what might happen PATTERNS ◆ a fear/terror ofsth ◆ infear/terror/panic/alarm/fright ◆ fear/terror/panic/alarm that… ◆ to be filled withfear/terror/panic/alarm ◆ a feeling offear/terror/panic/alarm fear / fɪə(r) ; NAmE fɪr /

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