fearing

英 [ˈfɪərɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɪrɪŋ]

v.  害怕; 畏惧; 惧怕; 担心; 担忧; (引出不好的事情)恐怕
fear的现在分词

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

• But I dare not, fearing I should not be paid with like value.
  我不敢，我怕得不到相当的报酬。
• They were fearing the worst by the time he called after six days in the hospital.
  等到他在医院过了六天后给家人打电话时，家人已经担心到了极点。
• He reminded her twice of it for fearing she forgets it.
  他两次对她提醒这事，怕她忘了。
• Long after fearing to creep forth again;
  惧怕了好久，再向前爬去。
• She spent days under the rubble surrounded by dead classmates, fearing the worst.
  周围都是她死去的同学，在极度惊吓之下，她在瓦砾中度过了若干天。
• My wife and I have purposely resisted video game consoles, fearing their zombie-like effect on kids.
  我和老婆一直都很抗拒电视游戏主机，担心它们会对孩子产生“僵尸化”的效果。
• A British tourist has told of fearing for his life after a plane skidded off the runway in Thailand.
  一个英国旅客讲述了他的历险，在泰国飞机滑出了跑道。
• 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。
• I knew today would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.
  我知道今天也不会有什么不同并且替我的狗担心。我必须快速决断。
• Some pilgrims ventured no further than this, fearing to disturb the priest.
  一部分香客不愿打扰那位传教士，就到此止步，不再冒险前进了。