fearful
- adj.恐惧的;担心;担忧;可怕的;忧虑;吓人的;极坏的;极糟的
派生词: fearfully adv.;fearfulness n.
fear n.恐惧 + -ful 形容词后缀
adj.
担心;担忧;忧虑
nervous and afraid
Parents are ever fearful for their children.
父母总是为子女担忧。
fearful of an attack
担心遭到袭击
She was fearful that she would fail.
她生怕失败。
可怕的;吓人的;恐惧的
terrible and frightening
极坏的;极糟的
extremely bad
We made a fearful mess of the room.
我们把房间弄得一团糟。
We watched fearfully.
我们忧心忡忡地观察着。
fearfully (= extremely) expensive
贵得吓人
fearful
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ADJ-GRADED 恐惧的;害怕的
If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it.Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis...
银行家们害怕会发生一场全球银行业危机。
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'What are you going to do to me?' Alex asked fearfully.
“你要拿我怎么样?”亚历克丝害怕地问。
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ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;严重的
You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is.The region is in a fearful recession.
该地区处于严重的经济衰退中。
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ADJ-GRADED 非常坏的;极坏的
Fearful is used to emphasize that something is very bad.You gave me a fearful shock!
你让我大吃一惊。
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This is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.
这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。
adj
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- experiencing or showing fear
- a fearful glance
- fearful of criticism
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- causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- Synonym: awful dire direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
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- timid by nature or revealing timidity
- timorous little mouse
- in a timorous tone
- cast fearful glances at the large dog
- Synonym: timorous trepid
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- lacking courage;ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelle
- Synonym: cowardly
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- extremely distressing
- fearful slum conditions
- a frightful mistake
- Synonym: frightful
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They are fearful that unemployment will soon break the barrier of three million
他们担心失业人数很快将突破300万大关。
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The scheme 's investors , fearful of bankruptcy , decided to abandon the project .
因为担心破产,该计划的投资者决定放弃这个项目。
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Parents are ever fearful for their children .
父母总是为子女担忧。
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We made a fearful mess of the room .
我们把房间弄得一团糟。
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She was fearful that she would fail .
她生怕失败。
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There is nothing so fearful as to be alone in a combat situation
没有比孤身奋战更可怕的了。
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Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis
银行家们害怕会发生一场全球银行业危机。
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' It sounds the most fearful hard work , ' Sybil said later .
“这听起来是极为令人生畏的艰苦工作。”西比尔后来说。
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I had often been very fearful , very angry , and very isolated .
我以前经常感到非常恐惧,非常愤怒,非常孤独。
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The region is in a fearful recession .
该地区处于严重的经济衰退中。
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You gave me a fearful shock !
你让我大吃一惊。
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The officials were fearful that a tsunami might hit the area .
官员们担心那一地区可能会发生海啸。
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Her nephew is a fearful child .
她侄子是个胆小的孩子。
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They are fearful of another business depression .
他们担心会再次发生商业萧条。
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We 're fearful that the patient might get worse .
我们担心病人的病情恶化。
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Despite their fearful losses Russian resistance remained tough and unbending .
尽管俄国的损失惨重,他们的抵抗却仍然顽强不屈。
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Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of interacting with others , fearful parents have focused on tracking , monitoring and blocking .
害怕的父母不是帮助青少年制定策略来应对公共生活和与人交往的风险,而是将注意力集中在跟踪、监控和阻止上。
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What a fearful waste of time !
简直太浪费时间了!
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Many people , fearful for their jobs , are trying to burnish their contacts at other firms .
许多人因为担心自己的工作,正在努力抹去和其他公司接触的痕迹。
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A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade .
街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。
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As the opposite of dry-matter female , girls of prey would actively to shoulder responsibility and fearful of being hurt .
肉食女与干物女完全相反,是指积极到处找伴侣的女子,而她们的对象,正是“草食男”。“草食男”,特指那些个性被动、生性慵懒、不愿承担责任、害怕受伤的男性。
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Insecure and fearful of its own people , the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny .
由于担心和害怕自己的人民,统治集团只能靠实行暴政来维护其统治。
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Many dentally fearful people will only seek dental care when they have a dental emergency , such as a toothache or dental abscess .
很多有看牙恐惧症的人只有在遇到牙科急症时才会去看牙,比如牙痛或者牙脓肿。
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Each child lay in an MRI machine and watched a computer screen on which were displayed different images of actors making " fearful " and " neutral " faces .
每个孩子接受核磁共振成像扫描时,面前的电脑屏幕会播放演员做出的“恐惧”和“中立”表情。
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By contrast , " there were no regions of the brain where activation to fearful relative to neutral faces differed between children who were abused and children who were spanked . "
相比之下,“被虐待的孩子和被打屁股的孩子在看到恐惧的脸时,大脑任何区域的反应都没什么不同。”
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With so many of us , who can be fearful ?
我们有这么多人,还需要怕谁?
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Fearful people will cause you serious amounts of trouble at work .
胆小的人将给你的工作带来相当多的麻烦。
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What a fearful waste of time and money !
这样浪费时间和金钱真是不得了!
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A dark night may be fearful for a lonely girl .
也许对一个孤独的女孩来说,漆黑的夜晚是可怕的。
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Now you know my fearful abilities ! What say you now ?
现在你知道我的厉害了吧?还有什么想说?
多指某人对可能发生的事情感到恐惧不安的。
The officials were fearful that a tsunami might hit the area.
官员们担心那一地区可能会发生海啸。
Her nephew is a fearful child.
她侄子是个胆小的孩子。
指因担心受到伤害或发生坏事而感到畏惧的,通常作表语。
I am afraid of snakes.
我害怕蛇。
She is afraid of the dark.
她怕黑。
He is afraid to go through the forest alone.
他害怕一个人穿过那片森林。
强调某人或某事物极为糟糕的,只作定语。
John is a dreadful snob.
约翰是个极其势利的小人。
He has made a dreadful mistake at his job.
他在工作中犯了一个可怕的错误。
There was a dreadful scream coming from outside the window.
窗外传来一声可怕的尖叫。
指糟糕得令人产生短暂的恐惧感的。
A frightful accident happened in that area.
那个地区发生了一起可怕的事故。
The battlefield was a frightful scene.
战场上一片恐怖景象。
指令人感到震惊与害怕的,侧重惊惧、厌恶之感。
The man has committed a horrible crime.
那个男人犯下了骇人听闻的罪行。
She has a horrible feeling that they will be late for work.
她有一种很不好的感觉,他们上班要迟到了。
He woke up from a horrible nightmare.
他从可怕的噩梦中惊醒。
指对某事物感到畏惧的,常可与 afraid 换用。
The little boy was scared/afraid of heights.
这个小男孩有恐高症。
Don't be scared/afraid to ask questions.
不要害怕问问题。
指令人极为不快、不安或害怕的。
With a terrible boom, the wall collapsed.
随着一声可怕的轰响,那面墙倒了。
They burst into tears upon the terrible news.
听到这骇人的消息,他们突然哭了起来。