英语词汇“lest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	lest
释义	Trends of lest View usage for: lest (lest) conjunction If you do something lest something unpleasant should happen, you do it to try to prevent the unpleasant thing from happening. [formal] I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me. The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him. And, lest we forget, Einstein wrote his most influential papers while working asa clerk. Synonyms: in case, in order to avoid, for fear that, in order to prevent More Synonyms of lest lest in British English (lɛst) conjunction (subordinating; takes should or a subjunctive verb) 1. so as to prevent any possibility that he fled the country lest he be captured 2. (after verbs or phrases expressing fear, worry, anxiety, etc) for fear that; in case she was alarmed lest she should be found out Word origin Old English the lǣste, earlier thӯ lǣs the, literally: whereby less that lest in American English (lɛst) conjunction 1. for fear that; in case; so that . . . not speak low lest you be overheard 2. Archaic that used only after a word or words expressing fear afraid lest he should fail us Word origin ME leste < OE the læste < thy læs the, lit., by the less that < thy, instrumental of thæt, pron. + læs (see less) + the, particle Examples of 'lest' in a sentence lest Most politicians try to limit their association with hogs, lest people get the wrong idea. Times, Sunday Times (2017) He was in terrible fear lest it should conquer him. George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie (1883) We struggle to fix our focus and perfect our timing lest one of them drop. Christianity Today (2000) She was reduced to dread lest she should become a mother. George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876) Others hide it away lest people find out how odd it is. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Who wants real, sad victims made fearful of coming forward lest their case fails? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Lest anyone thinks otherwise, these things matter to him. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I lived in fear lest we lost. Times, Sunday Times (2009) By the time they are offered work they fear taking it lest it dries up and they haveto repeat the process all over again. Times, Sunday Times (2010) She feared lest if she stayed at the Hall a shorter time the Squire might be annoyed. Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864) I shall not divulge the shocking ending lest one judge the whole movie sight unseen, which could be fatal. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Which, lest anyone forgets, you have paid for. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Should anything farther remain, let it be kept, lest any one should have to leave the country from poverty. Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995) He was horribly afraid of coming: but he was still more afraid of staying away, lest any one should suspect him. Charles Kingsley The Water Babies (1863) Lest one be accused of building up the 21-year-old to knock him over, he has come of age in the past four months. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Fear and terrible feelings - fear lest I was deceived. Times, Sunday Times (2008) In other languages lest British English: lest CONJUNCTION If you do something lest something unpleasant should happen, you do it to try to prevent the unpleasant thing from happening. I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me. American English: lest Brazilian Portuguese: para que não Chinese: 以免 European Spanish: no vaya a ser que French: de peur que German: für den Fall dass Italian: nel timore che Japanese: ～するといけないから Korean: 하지 않도록 European Portuguese: para que não Latin American Spanish: no vaya a ser que Chinese translation of 'lest' lest (lɛst) (frm) conj 以免 (yǐmiǎn) (conjunction) in the sense of in case Definition for fear that I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me. Synonyms in case in order to avoid for fear that in order to prevent Synonyms of 'lest' lest Explore 'lest' in the dictionary
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