lest
lest 英 [lest] 美 [lɛst]
conj. 唯恐，以免；担心
We gave them bread, lest they should starve. 我们给他们面包，以免他们饿死。
It is your duty, lest you be ostracized by the better half of society. 这是你的责任。 唯恐你被更好的一半社会放逐。
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- conj. 唯恐，以免；担心
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1. We gave them bread, lest they should starve.
我们给他们面包，以免他们饿死。
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2. It is your duty, lest you be ostracized by the better half of society.
这是你的责任。 唯恐你被更好的一半社会放逐。
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3. Hester would not set him free, lest he should look her sternly in the face.
海丝特不肯放松他，以免看见他盯望着她面孔的那种严厉表情。
- lest (conj.) c. 1200, "that not," especially "for fear that" [OED calls it a negative particle of intention], from a contraction of the Old English phrase þy læs þe "the less that," from þy, instrumental case of demonstrative article þæt "that" + læs (see less) + conjunction þe (see the). The þy was dropped and the remaining two words contracted into early Middle English leste.
lest / lest ; NAmE lest / conjunction ( formal or literary) 1 in order to prevent sth from happening 免得；以免 ◆ He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他弟弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。 2 used to introduce the reason for the particular emotion mentioned （引出产生某种情感的原因）唯恐，担心 SYN in case ◆ She was afraid lest she had revealed too much. 她担心她泄露得太多了。 lest / lest ; NAmE lest /
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