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adj.
1. 害怕，畏懼(可能受傷害、受苦)
2. 恐怕，擔心(會發生某事)
3. 擔心，生怕
單詞分析
這些形容詞均含「害怕的、可怕的」之意。
afraid指由於膽小或怯懦而不敢說或做某事。
fearful普通用詞，既指外界情況變化而引起的恐懼，又指來自內心的害怕與焦慮。
awful指威嚴得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。
dreadful指使人非常恐懼，毛骨悚然，也使人感到討厭而退縮。
frightful指使人陷入短暫的驚恐或產生毛骨悚然的感覺。
terrible側重指給人以長久的驚駭，極端的恐怖，令人難以忍受。
horrible指因駭人聽聞的醜惡而令人毛骨悚然，著重厭惡的成分多於害怕。
terrific多指外表、形狀或力量等的可怕。
appalling指既令害怕又使人驚異、膽寒。
英語解釋
feeling worry or concern or insecurity
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
filled with fear or apprehension
例句
「I’m afraid, Sergeant, 」she said hurriedly, 「that you』ll have to go now」
「中士，我看，」她忙不迭下逐客令，「你該走了。」
"A presumptuous pup, I'm afraid." Victor Henry was trying to read the document, which was explosive, while chatting with Roosevelt
「恐怕是個莽撞的小傢伙，」維克多?亨利一邊和羅斯福聊天，一邊想看看這個帶爆炸性的文件。
He sat down on a bench, hitching up his trousers, carefully, as if afraid of destroying a knife-edged crease
他坐到一條凳子上,小心地拉起褲子,好像怕把筆直的褲線弄壞似的。
With clenched teeth, Bigger held the skillet, but he was afraid to hurl it, fearing that he might miss
別格咬緊牙關，舉起鐵鍋;但他不敢扔出去，怕打不中。
Hearing, however, that Archelaus had succeeded his father herod as king of Judaea, he was afraid to go there
但當他聽說亞基老接替他父親希律作了猶太王的消息後，便又不敢到那裡去。
"Every time he was afraid of making a mistake, or losing money, he told us this story. "
每次當他擔心犯了錯誤或害怕損失金錢時,他還會給我們講這個故事。
She stood there, clutching the railing, and Edith knew that, if she had been afraid, Aiko was near panic
她站在那裡,緊抓著欄杆。伊迪絲覺得,如果說自己曾有些害怕,那麼愛子則近乎驚恐。
"Gentlemen," the moderator interrupted, "I'm afraid we don't have much time."
「先生們，」主席打斷了他們的談話，「時間怕快到了。」
She talks a great deal, sir, 「Elizabeth apologized, 「she’s our only little girl, I am afraid we spoil her
伊莉莎白帶有歉意地說道:「先生，她話太多了，小女是我們的獨生女兒，恐怕給我們慣壞了。」
`Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; some of the words have got altered.'
「我也怕不十分對，」愛麗絲羞怯地說，「有些字已經變了。」
相似短語
not afraid
不怕
afraid to
不敢(做)
be afraid to
v. 害怕
害怕去做;不敢去做
afraid of
害怕
Are you afraid of dogs?
你怕狗嗎?
be afraid
恐怕，害怕
be afraid for
為…擔心
be afraid of
v.害怕,擔憂
I'm afraid
大概,恐怕,對不起
be not afraid of such stuff
不怕那一套
be afraid of...
害怕...