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| 1 | to feel worried and afraid that something bad will happen or has already happened 担扰；担心；恐怕 |
| The refugees fear persecution if they return to their own country. 难民们担心如果回国会受到迫害。 |
| One person is still missing, feared dead. 仍有一人失踪，恐怕已经死亡。 |
| +(that) Health experts fear that a flu epidemic will hit Britain this winter. 卫生专家们担心今年冬天流行性感冒会袭击英国。 |
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| 2 | to feel afraid of someone or something because they might harm you 害怕；畏惧 |
| He was hated and feared by his colleagues. 他遭到同事们的仇视和畏惧。 |
| fear to do sth neighbourhoods where police feared to go 警察害怕去的地区 |
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| - | fear not old-fashioned
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| used for telling someone not to worry |
| 不用担心；别害怕 |
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| - | fear the worst (for)
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| to feel worried that something very bad will happen or has already happened |
| 感到非常担心；害怕会发生最坏的事 |
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| They were very late, and I was beginning to fear the worst. 他们很晚还不到，我开始感到非常担心。 |
| Local shopkeepers fear the worst if the new supermarket is built. 当地的店主害怕新超市一旦建成会对自己极为不利。 |
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| - | I fear (that)/so/not spoken formal
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| used for saying that you believe something bad has happened or might happen and that you are sad about it |
| 恐怕会/会这样/不会这样 |
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| I fear that we may never know what really happened. 恐怕我们永远都不会知道事情的真相。 |
| ‘Will he help us?’ ‘I fear not.’ “他会帮助我们吗？”“恐怕不会。” |
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| - | ˈfear for |
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| | fear for sb/sth: to feel worried about someone or something because you think something bad may happen to them or has happened to them 为…担心；为…担忧 | Police now fear for the children, who have not yet been found. 警方现在为那些尚未找到的孩子们担忧。 | | He fears for the future of the restaurant if customer numbers continue to fall. 他担忧如果顾客的人数继续下降饭店的未来会怎样。 | | fear for sb’ s life Hundreds of innocent civilians fear for their lives. 数以百计的无辜平民担心自己的生命安全。 | | fear for sb’ s safety I fear greatly for their safety. 我非常担心他们的安全。 | |
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