verb [vt. 及物动词] 害怕，畏惧；担心，忧虑；敬畏
If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you. 害怕 It seems to me that if people fear you they respect you.
noun [抽象名词] 恐惧；担心；（坏事发生的）可能性；敬畏
A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened. 担忧 Then one day his worst fears were confirmed. 后来有一天，他最大的担心被证实了。
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- Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel fear 动词: 害怕
- Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?
- Lesson 11 How to grow old
- Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry
- Lesson 41 Training elephants
f+ear(耳朵)→危言耸听→害怕， 恐惧
(live in fear 生活在恐惧中)
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- He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture. 他也谈及了他对祖国文化前景的担忧。
- Carla fears for her son. 卡拉为她的儿子担心。
- Then one day his worst fears were confirmed. 后来有一天，他最大的担心被证实了。
- Racism feeds on fear. 恐惧心理会助长种族主义。
- It seems to me that if people fear you they respect you. 在我看来，如果人们怕你，那他们就尊重你。
- I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear because a bullet had been fired through a window. 我坐在地板上吓得浑身发抖，因为有一颗子弹射穿窗户打了进来。
- The elderly live in fear of assault and murder. 老年人生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧中。
- There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors. 冻结银行帐户很可能对投资者是一个长期的威慑因素。
害怕
① vt. 害怕，畏惧
sb. fear doing sth. 害怕做……
- She fears speaking in public.
sb. fear sth. 害怕……
- I feared darkness.
be afraid of 害怕……
- I am afraid of dogs.
- be afraid of / fear 人做主语
② vt. 恐怕，猜想（比 be afraid 要正式） fear that… 恐怕……
- We fear /It is feared/ We’re afraid that many lives have been lost in the crash.
be afraid that… = I am sorry. 恐怕……（婉言谢绝）
- Can you help me?
- I am afraid I can't. = I am afraid not.
- fright / frighten / frightening / frightened / frightful
sth. frighten sb. = sth. scare sb. ……吓了……一跳
- You frightened/scared me.
- The doy frightened me.
frighten = scare 是因某件突然的事情才让某人产生了害怕的情绪，句子后边的部分是人
horrify v. 使恐怖, 使极度厌恶, 惊骇
horrified adj. 惊悸的, 带有恐怖感的, 惊骇的