| 词组 | afraid |
| 释义 | afraid /əˈfreɪd/ adjective frightened or worried that something bad may happenadverbsterribly/deeply/desperately afraid She was terribly afraid that she would forget the lines of her speech. | He was terribly afraid of making a mistake.always afraid Lionel was always afraid that she would find someone else.deathly afraid AmE (=extremely afraid) He is deathly afraid of heights.verbsbe/feel afraid I am always afraid she is going to hurt me.look/sound afraid He stood up straight and tried not to look afraid.make sb afraid The accident made her afraid to get in a car again.prepositionsafraid of sb/sth Many people are afraid of the dark.afraid for sb (=worried that something bad will happen to someone) She was afraid for her children.phrasesdon’t be afraid Don’t be afraid. It’s only a little dog.there’s nothing to be afraid of/there’s no need to be afraid There’s nothing to be afraid of – it’s just a small injection.be half afraid that (=a little afraid that something might happen) I was half afraid that she would say ‘no’. |
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