◎ 單詞釋義

adj.抱歉的；擔心的；害怕的

恐怕的，害怕的，畏懼的，不敢的

擔心的，擔憂的

遺憾的，抱歉的

adj.(形容詞)

[P]害怕,畏懼 feeling fear; frightened

[P]擔憂,憂慮 worried or anxious about the possible result of sth

[P]擔心 frightened or worried about things that may put sb/sth in danger

adj

1. filled with regret or concern
used often to soften an unpleasant statement

e.g. I'm afraid I won't be able to come
he was afraid he would have to let her go
I'm afraid you're wrong

2. feeling worry or concern or insecurity

e.g. She was afraid that I might be embarrassed
terribly afraid of offending someone
I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict

3. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

e.g. afraid of hard work
afraid to show emotion

1. 害怕的；恐懼的
If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.

e.g. She did not seem at all afraid...
她毫無懼色。
e.g. I was afraid of the other boys...
我害怕其他的男孩們。

2. 擔心的；憂慮的
If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them.

afraid的近義詞

e.g. She's afraid for her family in Somalia.
她為身在索馬里的家人擔心。

3. 顧忌的；犯愁的
If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it.

e.g. I was afraid that nobody would believe me...
我擔心沒有人會相信我。
e.g. The Government is afraid of losing the election...
現屆政府擔心會在選舉中落敗。

4. （用以道歉或婉轉地提出異議）很抱歉，很遺憾，恐怕
If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.

e.g. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid...
我們恐怕沒有那樣的東西。
e.g. I'm afraid I can't help you...
恐怕我幫不了你。

1. 害怕、擔心：我問他們是否害怕、擔心(afraid)警察來. surprised 感到驚訝的;pleased高興的,滿足的;determined堅決的,決定了的. 47 D 常識運用邏輯推理警察可能來阻止(stop)他們. 警察對于這樣的事有不著去逮住、查封( seize)、搏斗、對抗(fight)或是搜尋、調查(search)的,

2. 害怕的：one#一人(或物) | afraid#害怕的 | opposed#反對的

adj.(形容詞)

afraid的基本含義是“害怕”,泛指一種恐懼心理,或者用于表示習慣的、經常的懦弱或怯弱,并帶有因“畏懼”而行動不靈活或談吐不順暢之意。afraid也可表示“擔憂”或“憂慮”某事物可能產生的后果,即“恐怕”。afraid還可以表示“擔心”某人〔事物〕會遇到危險。

afraid是表語形容詞,即一般不用在名詞前面作定語。作“害怕”解時其后可接of (sb/sth/ v -ing)引起的短語,也可接動詞不定式和that(常省略)從句,從句中的謂語動詞常用虛擬式。作“擔心”解時其后可接for引起的短語。

afraid在句中間或可用作賓語補足語。由afraid構成的形容詞短語在句中還可用作狀語。

I am afraid...是口語中常見的一種固定搭配(只用單數第一人稱一般現在時)。可用來表示推測(suppose)、歉意(Excuse me…)、婉拒(I'm sorry but…)或者引出不好的消息(sorry to have to say)。其作用在于使語氣婉轉和緩。其位置可在句首,也可在句末。

在回答別人問話時afraid后可用so或not替代問句中的肯定式或否定式賓語。

afraid不可用very修飾,但可用much或very much修飾。

afraid的比較級和最高級是more afraid和most afraid。

adj.(形容詞)

be afraid of v-ing, be afraid to-v

afraid 后面可接動名詞(其前加of),也可接動詞不定式,一般說,這兩種說法的意思沒有多少區別。例如：

I'm afraid of flying〔to fly〕.我害怕坐飛機。

I'm afraid of diving〔to dive〕 into the swimming-pool.我不想在游泳池里跳水。

He is afraid to see〔of seeing〕 you again.他怕再見到你。

有時這兩種說法在含義上有差別,例如：

She was afraid of waking her husband up.

她怕吵醒丈夫。

She was afraid to wake her husband up.

她不敢喊醒丈夫。

前者的含義是“她不想打擾他,可能因為他病了或累了,需要休息”,而后者的含義則是“她不敢喊醒他,怕他生氣”。前者注意的是“無意的后果”,后者注意的則是“有意的行為”。

正是因為有上述差別,所以,當談論那些我們自己并不希望也不能決定而突然降臨到我們頭上的事情時,只能用 v -ing形式,而不能用不定式。例如：

I'm afraid of crashing.我害怕撞車。

如果說 I'm afraid to crash,則意味著“我不敢撞車。”再如：“我們害怕被搶劫。”只能說We are afraid of being robbed.“我不愛講法語,因為我怕講錯。”只能說I don't like to speak French because I'm afraid of making mistakes.“我怕摔進游泳池里。”也只能說I'm afraid of falling into the swimming-pool.

adj.(形容詞)我怕狗。

誤

I afraid of dogs.

正

I am afraid of dogs.

析

afraid雖具有動作意義,但切不可把afraid誤用作動詞。
他非常害怕遲到。

誤

He was very afraid of being late.

正

He was much afraid of being late.

析

afraid表示“很害怕”時,可以加much修飾,但不可加very。不過,在much afraid之前卻可以再加very進一步加強語氣,特別是在I'm afraid 相當于I'm sorry 時,更常用very much修飾。例如：
I'm very much afraid he's out.非常抱歉,他不在家。我比你更怕他。

誤

I am afraider of him than you.

正

I am more afraid of him than you.
他的兒子中小的最怕黑。

誤

The youngest of his sons is afraidest of dark.

正

The youngest of his sons is most afraid of dark.

析

afraid不可加-er,-est構成比較級和最高級。

☆ 15世紀初期進入英語，直接源自盎格魯法語的afrayer，意為驚恐；最初源自古法語的esfreer。

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