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afraid 音标拼音: [əfr'ed] a. 畏惧的,害怕的,担心的 畏惧的,害怕的,担心的 afraid adj 1: filled with fear or apprehension; " afraid even to turn his head"; " suddenly looked afraid"; " afraid for his life"; " afraid of snakes"; " afraid to ask questions" [ ant: { fearless}, { unafraid( p)}] 2: filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; " 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" 3: feeling worry or concern or insecurity; " 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" 4: having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; " afraid of hard work"; " afraid to show emotion" Afraid \ A* fraid"\, p. a. [ OE. afrayed, affraide, p. p. of afraien to affray. See { Affray}, and cf. { Afeard}.] Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [ Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] " Back they recoiled, afraid." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Note: This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear, or by the infinitive, or by a dependent clause; as, to be afraid of death. " I am afraid to die." " I am afraid he will chastise me." " Be not afraid that I your hand should take." -- Shak. I am afraid is sometimes used colloquially to soften a statement; as, I am afraid I can not help you in this matter. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Fearful; timid; timorous; alarmed; anxious. [ 1913 Webster] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for " afraid": abulic, afeared, aghast, anxious, apologetic, apprehensive, averse, backward, cautious, chary, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, craven, daunted, dismayed, edgy, faint, fainthearted, fear- struck, feared, fearful, feeble, feebleminded, frail, frightened, fritter, funking, funky, haunted with fear, henhearted, hesitant, indisposed, infirm, intimidated, invertebrate, jittery, jumpy, lily- livered, loath, milk- livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, nervous, on edge, overtimid, overtimorous, panic- prone, panic- stricken, panicky, pigeonhearted, pliable, pusillanimous, rabbity, regretful, reluctant, rueful, scared, scared to death, scary, shrinking, shy, sissified, sissy, skittish, soft, sorry, spineless, spooked, terrified, timid, timorous, uneager, unhappy, unmanly, unmanned, unwilling, wary, weak, weak- kneed, weak- minded, weak- willed, weakhearted, white- livered, yellow |
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