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fearful

fearful
[英] [ˈfiəful] [美] [ˈfɪrfəl] 生词本

adj.

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1. 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。

  • 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。

fearfully

  • '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。

2. 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。

  • ...the fearful consequences which might flow from unilateral military moves.

    单方面军事行动可能造成的可怕后果

3. 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。

  • '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。

fearfully

  • This is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.

    这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。

Adjective

1. 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"

2. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;

  • "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

3. extremely distressing;

  • "fearful slum conditions"
  • "a frightful mistake"
  • "suffered terrible thirst"

4. timid by nature or revealing timidity;

  • "timorous little mouse"
  • "in a timorous tone"
  • "cast fearful glances at the large dog"

5. experiencing or showing fear;

  • "a fearful glance"
  • "fearful of criticism"
1. I have ever witnessed a fearful accident.
我曾目睹一场可怕的事故。

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2. It was a fearful accident.
那是可怕的事故。

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3. She was fearful of falling.
他怕摔倒。

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4. The nurse on duty was fearful that the patient should get worse.
值班的护士担心病人的病情会恶化。

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5. They are fearful of another business depression.
他们担心会再次发生商业萧条。

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6. They were fearful of tackling him.
他们害怕与他打交道。

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7. What a fearful mess!
真是糟糕透了！

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8. What a fearful waste of time!
简直太浪费时间了！

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