afraid音标
英 [əˈfreɪd]
美 [əˈfred]
afraid翻译
adj.
害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧,害怕
双语释义
adj.(形容词)[P]害怕,畏惧feeling fear; frightened[P]担忧,忧虑worried or anxious about the possible result of sth[P]担心frightened or worried about things that may put sb/sth in danger
英英释义
afraid[ ə'freid ]
adj.filled with fear or apprehension
"afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"
feeling worry or concern or insecurity
"She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
"afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"
afraid用法
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)动词+~be afraid害怕look afraid显得害怕seem afraid好像害怕副词+~half afraid有点怕not a bit afraid一点不怕awfully afraid非常害怕cautiously afraid怕得谨小慎微childishly afraid非常幼稚地怕constantly afraid一直怕curiously afraid怕得叫人难以理解deadly afraid怕得要命distressingly afraid怕得令人痛苦dreadfully afraid怕得要死extraordinarily afraid特别害怕faint-heartedly afraid怕得毫无勇气foolishly afraid怕得非常愚蠢frightfully afraid非常害怕genuinely afraid真怕horribly afraid极其害怕idiotically afraid非常愚蠢地害怕,怕得荒唐incomprehensibly afraid莫名其妙地怕,怕得让人不可思议incredibly afraid怕得难以置信intensely afraid非常怕mortally afraid极其怕mysteriously afraid怕得让人费解nervously afraid非常紧张地怕,怕得让人不安obviously afraid很明显地怕oddly afraid怕得出奇perpetually afraid永远害怕queerly afraid怕得令人费解really afraid真怕secretly afraid暗自害怕starkly afraid怕得要命strangely afraid莫名其妙地害怕superstitiously afraid因迷信而害怕surprisingly afraid出人意料地害怕suspiciously afraid怕得疑神疑鬼temperamentally afraid怕得直发脾气terribly afraid非常害怕timidly afraid怕得令人胆小timorously afraid怕得令人胆小unquestionably afraid毫无疑问地怕unusually afraid异常地害怕unwontedly afraid异常地害怕~+介词afraid for sb/sth为某人〔某事〕担心afraid of sth/sb怕某事〔某人〕afraid of v -ing怕做某事
词组短语
afraid of害怕
i'm afraid我害怕;恐怕
同近义词辨析
appalling, afraid, frightful, terrible, terrific, fearful, horrible, dreadful, awful
这组词都有“害怕的、可怕的”的意思,其区别是:
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇,极端的恐怖,令人难以忍受。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
fearful普通用词,既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧,又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然,着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧,毛骨悚然,也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)I'm afraid we can't come.
很抱歉,我们不能来。I'm afraid I didn't quie catch what you said.
对不起,我没听清你刚才所说的话。I didn't mention it because I was afraid of upsetting him/afraid (that) I might upset him.
我没有提起那件事,因为我怕他心烦意乱。Are you afraid of snakes?
你怕蛇吗?Children feel afraid when they are at home alone.
孩子独自自己在家,感到害怕。
权威例句
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Angry, Disgusted, or Afraid? Studies on the Malleability of Emotion Perception
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The Landscape of Fear: Ecological Implications of Being Afraid
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EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SUSY, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Everything you wanted to know about Markov State Models but were afraid to ask
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Everything you always wanted to know about the cosmological constant problem (but were afraid to ask)
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Dynamic Taint Analysis and Forward Symbolic Execution (but Might Have Been Afraid to Ask)