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fearful

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adj.可怕的,吓人的,恐怕的,严重的

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名词:fearfulness 副词:fearfully

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fearful


/-fl; -fəl/
adj
1 ~ (of sth/of doing sth); ~ (that/lest...) nervous and afraid 紧张而担心的
*fearful of waking the baby/fearful that we might wake the baby 生怕把婴儿吵醒.
2 terrible; horrifying 可怕的; 可怖的
*a fearful railway accident 火车失事惨剧.
3 (infml 口) very great; very bad 极端的
*What a fearful mess!简直是一塌糊涂!

fearful


adj
formal frightened that something might happen
 a shy and fearful child
fearful of
 People are fearful of rising crime in the area.
fearful that
 Officials are fearful that the demonstrations will cause new violence.
BrE extremely bad
= awful, terrible terrible
 The room was in a fearful mess.
[only before noun]written
very frightening
= terrifying
 a fearful creature
>fearfulnessn[U]
1. However, in the absence of plausible alternative explanations for the gloomy economic news of the past 15 — 20 years and the gloomier prospects implicit in the projections of those trends, industrial societies — fearful for the future — might very we
    然而, 由于对过去15-20年里令人感到沮丧的经济新闻和对那些趋势的反映中暗含的更为令人感到沮丧的前景没能作出其他令人信服的解释,工业社会因为害怕未来很可能会要采取倒退措施。

2. The first trip to the employment agency, the first friend you tell, the first interview and, most fearful of all, the first trip to the unemployment (失业) office.
    第一次到职业介绍所去,第一个听你说你已失了业的朋友,第一次求职面试,最可怕的是第一次到失业办公室去。

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