afraid

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əˈfreɪd]
• 美式音标 [əˈfreɪd]
• 国际音标 [ə'freid]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.抱歉的；擔心的；害怕的

词源解说

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

同根派生

• afraid

• afraid相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• afraid的基本含義是“害怕”,泛指一種恐懼心理,或者用於表示習慣的、經常的懦弱或怯弱,竝帶有因“畏懼”而行動不霛活或談吐不順暢之意。afraid也可表示“擔憂”或“憂慮”某事物可能産生的後果,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麪作定語。作“害怕”解時其後可接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”解時其後可接for引起的短語。
• afraid在句中間或可用作賓語補足語。由afraid搆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(衹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)。其作用在於使語氣婉轉和緩。其位置可在句首,也可在句末。
• 在廻答別人問話時afraid後可用so或not替代問句中的肯定式或否定式賓語。
• afraid不可用very脩飾,但可用much或very much脩飾。
• afraid的比較級和最高級是more afraid和most afraid。
• much afraid, very much afraid和very afraid都指“很害怕”，但因afraid是表語形容詞，very afraid的表達方式不妥儅。使用最普遍的是very much afraid，等同於afraid的定語形容詞是frightened；

• afraid使用方法
• afraid详细辨析

英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作表語: S+be+～

• Don't be afraid.
  別怕。

S+be+～+for n./pron.

• The mother is very much afraid for her son who is seriously ill.
  母親很擔心自己的兒子,他病得很重。

S+be+～+of n./pron.

• Are you afraid of him?
  你怕他嗎?

S+be+～+of v -ing

• I am afraid of hurting her feelings.
  我怕傷害她的感情。

S+be+～+of wh-clause

• She was afraid of what he might say.
  她生怕他會說漏了嘴。

S+be+～+to- v

• He is afraid to jump.
  他不敢跳。

S+be+～+(that-)/wh-clause

• The little girl was afraid that she will die.
  那小姑娘擔心自己會死。

I am afraid+(that-)clause

• I am afraid (that) it is true.
  恐怕這是真的。

S+be+～+so/not

• “Do you think it'll rain again today?”“Yes,I am afraid so.”
  “你認爲今天還會下雨嗎?”“恐怕會的。”

用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～

• Nothing can make me afraid.
  什麽東西都不能使我害怕。

用作狀語: adj. -phrase,+S+V

• Afraid for their own lives,Duncan's two sons fled.
  鄧肯的兩個兒子擔心自己性命難保,就逃走了。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

動詞+～

• be afraid 害怕
• look afraid 顯得害怕;看上去很害怕
• seem afraid 好像害怕

副詞+～

• half afraid 有點怕
• not a bit afraid 一點不怕
• awfully afraid 非常害怕

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (FEAR) feeling fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situation
• (SORRY) used to politely introduce bad news or disagreement

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them.
• If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it.
• If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.

• afraid剑桥字典
• afraid柯林斯字典

专业释义

心理學

• 害怕的

經濟學

• 擔心的