| 单词 | afraid |
| 释义 | afraidafraid /əˈfreɪd/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective [not before noun] 1FRIGHTENED frightened because you think that someone or something may hurt you or that something bad may happen SYN scared, frightened: I could see she was afraid.afraid of His brother is really afraid of dogs. Everybody was afraid of him.afraid of doing something They were afraid of getting shot or killed.afraid to do something I’m still afraid to go back there. When he came running at me, I was afraid for my life (=frightened I might die).► see thesaurus at frightened2WORRIED very worried that something bad will happen: afraid (that) Josh was afraid that the other kids would laugh at him.afraid of doing something I didn’t tell Mom because I was afraid of upsetting her.afraid of The producers were afraid of a negative public reaction.afraid for somebody/something (=very worried that something bad may happen to someone, or that something could be ruined) Workers are afraid for their jobs. We’re all afraid for you – living on your own.3I’m afraid spoken used to politely tell someone something that may annoy, upset, or disappoint him or her: I’m afraid you’ll just have to wait.4(I’m) afraid so spoken used to say “yes” to something, especially when someone is likely to be disappointed by this: “Do you have to work Christmas Day?” “I’m afraid so.”5(I’m) afraid not spoken used to say “no” to something, especially when someone is likely to be disappointed by this: “Are there any cookies left?” “Afraid not.”6not afraid of (doing) something (also not afraid to do something) willing to do something difficult or unpleasant, or good at doing it: Meg isn’t afraid of hard work. He’s never been afraid to speak his mind.7afraid of your own shadow informal easily frightened or always nervous[Origin: 1300–1400 past participle of affray to frighten (14–19 centuries), from Old French affreer] |
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