fearful
adjective /ˈfɪəfl/
/ˈfɪrfl/
- (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.
由于担心持续的动乱，政府实施了紧急状态。 - 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。
Topics Feelingsb2- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- about
- for
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- fearful (for somebody) Parents are ever fearful for their children.
- [only before noun] (formal) terrible and frightening
可怕的；吓人的；恐惧的 - (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。
- We made a fearful mess of the room.