fear

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美式音标：fear怎么读

词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,高频词,基本词汇

近义词： fright,panic,terror,dread,alarm

反义词： boldness,calmness,fearlessness,courage

fear词义

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n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心

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第三人称单数: fears;过去式: feared;过去分词: feared;现在分词: fearing;

中文词源

fear 害怕

来自PIE*per, 向前，尝试，词源同far, peril, experience. 由尝试引申词义风险，害怕。

fear双语例句

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1. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.: 由于害怕和困惑，他当时处于一种混沌状态。

2. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them.: 他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。

3. Mack made his voice quiver with fear on these last two words.: 麦克说出最后这两个字时，吓得声音颤抖。

4. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.: 我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。

5. Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.: 大型石油公司无需担心原油销售不出去。

fear英文词源

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fear: fear: [OE] ‘Being frightened’ seems to be a comparatively recent development in the semantic history of the word fear. In Old English times the verb meant ‘be afraid’, but the noun meant ‘sudden terrible event, danger’, and it did not develop its modern sense – possibly under the influence of the verb – until the 13th century (the Old English nouns for ‘fear’ were ege and fyrhto, source of modern English fright).

Related words, such as German gefahr and Dutch gevaar, both meaning ‘danger’, confirm that this is the earlier sense (as would Latin perīculum ‘danger’ – source of English peril – if, as has been suggested, it too is connected). Taking the search wider, possible links with Latin perītus ‘experienced’, Greek peráō ‘go through’, and English fare ‘go’ point to an underlying meaning ‘what one undergoes, experience’.
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fear (n.): Middle English fere, from Old English fær "calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack," from Proto-Germanic *feraz "danger" (cognates: Old Saxon far "ambush," Old Norse far "harm, distress, deception," Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr "danger"), from PIE *per- "to try, risk," a form of verbal root *per- (3) "to lead, pass over" (cognates: Latin periculum "trial, risk, danger;" Greek peria "trial, attempt, experience," Old Irish aire "vigilance," Gothic ferja "watcher"); related to *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).

Sense of "state of being afraid, uneasiness caused by possible danger" developed by late 12c. Some Old English words for "fear" as we now use it were fyrhto, fyrhto; as a verb, ondrædan. Meaning "feeling of dread and reverence for God" is from c. 1400. To put the fear of God (into someone) "intimidate, cause to cower" is by 1888, from the common religious phrase; the extended use was often at first in colonial contexts:
Thus then we seek to put "the fear of God" into the natives at the point of the bayonet, and excuse ourselves for the bloody work on the plea of the benefits which we intend to confer afterwards. [Felix Adler, "The Religion of Duty," 1905]
fear (v.): Old English færan "to terrify, frighten," from a Proto-Germanic verbal form of the root of fear (n.). Cognates: Old Saxon faron "to lie in wait," Middle Dutch vaeren "to fear," Old High German faren "to plot against," Old Norse færa "to taunt."

Originally transitive in English; long obsolete in this sense but somewhat revived in digital gaming via "fear" spells, which matches the old sense "drive away by fear," attested early 15c. Meaning "feel fear" is late 14c. Related: Feared; fearing.

fear实用场景例句

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(a) fear of the dark/spiders/flying, etc.: 害怕黑暗、蜘蛛、坐飞机等

Her eyes showed no fear.: 她的眼神无丝毫畏惧。

The child was shaking with fear .: 小孩吓得发抖。

We lived in constant fear of losing our jobs.: 我们一直生活在担心失去工作的阴影里。

her fears for her son's safety: 她对儿子安全的担忧

the fear that he had cancer: 他对患癌症的恐惧

I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.: 我坐在地板上，吓得发抖。

...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...: 儿时记忆中的病痛和对黑暗的恐惧

Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted.: 很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式遭到破坏。

These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure...: 激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。

Then one day his worst fears were confirmed...: 后来有一天，他最担心的事终于发生了。

She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis...: 她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。

More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces.: 两百多万难民担心受到效忠旧政府的势力的攻击而逃离该地区。

There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood...: 并无引起误会的可能性。

There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors.: 人们担心冻结银行账户可能会长期阻碍投资。

Carla fears for her son...: 卡拉为儿子担心。

He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life.: 他星期五逃走了，说是担心自己有生命危险。

He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.: 他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。

...fear for her own safety.: 对她自己安全的担心

She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news...: 她闭紧双唇，仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。

Old people fear to leave their homes.: 老年人都不愿背井离乡。

I fear that a land war now looks very probable...: 恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。

'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.': “留下什么东西了吗?” ——“恐怕没有。”

The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.: 老人们生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧之中。

She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings...: 她什么都不敢对他们说，以免伤害他们的感情。

No one dared shoot for fear of hitting Pete.: 没人敢开枪，怕伤着皮特。

Fear not, Darlene will protect me...: 别担心，达琳会保护我的。

You'll get the right training, never fear.: 你会受到正规训练的，别担心。

When I asked him if he wanted to change his mind, William said 'No fear.': 我问威廉是否想改主意，他说：“绝不会。”

At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her.: 显然伊芙时不时有意吓唬她一下。

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