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fearful

adjective
🔊/ˈfɪəfl/
🔊/ˈfɪrfl/
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  1. (formal) nervous and afraid担心；担忧；忧虑
    • fearful (for somebody) Parents are ever fearful for their children.父母总是为子女担忧。🔊🔊
    • fearful (of something/of doing something) fearful of an attack担心遭到袭击
    • Fearful of continued unrest, the government imposed a state of emergency.由于担心持续的动荡，政府施加了紧急状态。
    • fearful (about something) They were understandably fearful about the future.可以理解，他们对未来感到恐惧。
    • fearful (that…) She was fearful that she would fail.她生怕失败。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • I felt fearful for my life.我担心性命不保。
    • Fearful of an attack, the government declared a state of emergency.政府担心遭到袭击，宣布进入紧急状态。
    • The experience had left her fearful and uncertain.这次经历使她感到恐惧不安。
    Topics Feelingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • for
    • of
    • …
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  2. [only before noun] (formal) terrible and frightening可怕的；吓人的；恐惧的
  3. (old-fashioned, informal) extremely bad极坏的；极糟的
    • We made a fearful mess of the room.我们把房间弄得一团糟。🔊🔊