fears

英 [fɪəz]

美 [fɪrz]

v.  害怕; 畏惧; 惧怕; 担心; 担忧; (引出不好的事情)恐怕
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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 恐惧;惧怕
  Fearis the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger.
  1. I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
     我坐在地板上，吓得发抖。
  2. ...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...
     儿时记忆中的病痛和对黑暗的恐惧
  3. 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。
• VERB 害怕;惧怕
  If youfearsomeone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
  1. Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted.
     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。
• N-VAR 担心;担忧;忧心
  Afearis a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
  1. These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure...
     激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。
  2. Then one day his worst fears were confirmed...
     后来有一天，他最担心的事终于发生了。
  3. His fears might be groundless.
     他的担心也许毫无根据。
  4. ...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
• VERB 担心;担忧;忧虑
  If youfearsomething unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
  1. She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis...
     她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。
  2. More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces.
     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。
• N-VAR (坏事发生的)可能性，机会，几率
  If you say that there is afear thatsomething unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely.
  1. There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood...
     并无引起误会的可能性。
  2. 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。
• VERB (替…)担心;(为…)担忧
  If youfear forsomeone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
  1. Carla fears for her son...
     卡拉为儿子担心。
  2. He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life.
     他星期五逃走了，说是担心自己有生命危险。
• N-VAR 担心;担忧
  If you havefears forsomeone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
  1. He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
     他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。
  2. ...fear for her own safety.
     对她自己安全的担心
• VERB 害怕做;不愿做
  If youfear todo something, you are afraid to do it or you do not wish to do it.
  1. She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news...
     她闭紧双唇，仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。
  2. Old people fear to leave their homes.
     老年人都不愿背井离乡。
• VERB 恐怕
  You say that youfearthat a situation is the case when the situation is unpleasant or undesirable, and when you want to express sympathy, sorrow, or regret about it.
  1. I fear that a land war now looks very probable...
     恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。
  2. 'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.'
     “留下什么东西了吗?” ——“恐怕没有。”
• PHRASE 在对…的担心之中;在对…的恐惧之中
  If you arein fear ofdoing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 以免;免得
  If you take a particular course of actionfor fear ofsomething, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
  1. 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。
  2. No one dared shoot for fear of hitting Pete.
     没人敢开枪，怕伤着皮特。
• PHRASE 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.
  1. Fear not, Darlene will protect me...
     别担心，达琳会保护我的。
  2. You'll get the right training, never fear.
     你会受到正规训练的，别担心。
• CONVENTION 绝对不;当然不
  You use 'no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something.
  1. 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。”
• PHRASE 故意吓唬;故意使…担心
  If someone or somethingputs the fear of God intoyou, they frighten or worry you, often deliberately.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis.
  新闻部长正努力消除民众对一触即发的石油危机的恐惧。
• Western fears, he insists, are greatly exaggerated.
  他坚持说，西方的恐惧被过分夸大了。
• There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.
  有人担心去年的罢工运动可能再次重演。
• Every anxious person will have his or her own special problems or fears.
  每一个焦虑的人都会有自己的问题或者担心。
• There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
  有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
• Most of her fears had been removed.
  她的恐惧基本上消除了。
• It did not take long for the central bank to soothe investors 'fears.
  中央银行很快便消除了投资者的担忧。
• Then one day his worst fears were confirmed
  后来有一天，他最担心的事终于发生了。
• Her position as national leader has been weakened by persistent fears of another coup attempt
  由于人们一直担心会再次发生政变，她的国家领导人地位被削弱了。
• Her anxiety about the world was amplifying her personal fears about her future.
  她对世界的忧虑加剧了她对自己未来的恐惧。