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CONJ-SUBORD
唯恐；免得 If you do something lest something unpleasant should happen, you do it to try to prevent the unpleasant thing from happening.
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I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me...
我不敢开门，唯恐他还跟着我。
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The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him...
总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。
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And, lest we forget, Einstein wrote his most influential papers while working as a clerk.
大家不要忘记，爱因斯坦最有影响力的论文还是当文员的时候写的。
- Adverb
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1. for fear that;
- "she tiptoed lest her mother should hear her"
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2. that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.);
- "he worried lest he should be late"
- 1. Be careful lest you (should) fall from the tree.
- 小心，不要从树上掉下来。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Be careful lest you fall from that tree.
- 要当心，以免从树上摔下来。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. Close the window quickly lest the raindrops (should) slant in.
- 快关窗户，别让雨点潲进来。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. I fear lest we commit an inexcusable blunder.
- 我为我们会犯不可原谅的错误而担忧。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I feared lest I should be late again.
- 我惟恐自己再迟到。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. I stayed in lest I should catch cold.
- 我怕伤风，所以呆在屋里。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 7. I was afraid lest he might come too late.
- 我怕他来得太晚。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 8. I'll remind him lest he should forget it.
- 怕他忘记，我会提醒他的。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 9. Let me put down your telephone number lest I forget it.
- 让我先记下你的电话号码，以免忘了。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 10. Read in a good light lest it should hurt your eyes.
- 到明处来看书，免得搞坏了视力。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 11. They decided to retreat lest they would be between two fires.
- 他们决定撤退，否则就要受两面夹击。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. They spoke in whispers lest they should be heard.
- 他们低声耳语惟恐被人听见。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 13. While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them; when they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them.
- 其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
