afraid
英 [?'fre?d]
美 [?'fred]
中文詞源
英文詞源
- afraid (adj.)
- early 14c., originally past participle of verb afray "frighten," from Anglo-French afrayer, Old French esfreer "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb" (see affray (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired independent standing and thrived while affray faded, and it chased off the once more common afeared. Sense in I'm afraid "I regret to say, I suspect" (without implication of fear) is first recorded 1590s.
Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone [Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes," 1820]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her.
- 她感到從未有過(guò)的害怕。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. "I'm afraid he's ill." — "I'm sorry to hear that."
- “恐怕他生病了?！薄罢媸沁z憾?！?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?
- 為什么像大學(xué)這樣人才濟(jì)濟(jì)的社區(qū)要害怕虛無(wú)主義呢？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I was afraid you'd simply feel we were imposing on you.
- 我擔(dān)心你會(huì)覺(jué)得我們是在勉強(qiáng)你。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Aren't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader?
- 你不怕被人看作是一個(gè)裝腔作勢(shì)的改革者？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
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