afraid

afraid音标

英 [əˈfreɪd]

美 [əˈfred]

afraid基本释义

adj.抱歉的；担心的；害怕的

afraid用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

恐怕的，害怕的，畏惧的，不敢的

担心的，担忧的

遗憾的，抱歉的

adj.(形容词)

[P]害怕,畏惧 feeling fear; frightened

[P]担忧,忧虑 worried or anxious about the possible result of sth

[P]担心 frightened or worried about things that may put sb/sth in danger

adj

1. filled with regret or concernused often to soften an unpleasant statement

e.g. I'm afraid I won't be able to comehe was afraid he would have to let her goI'm afraid you're wrong

2. feeling worry or concern or insecurity

e.g. She was afraid that I might be embarrassedterribly afraid of offending someoneI am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict

3. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

e.g. afraid of hard workafraid to show emotion

1. 害怕的；恐惧的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.

e.g. She did not seem at all afraid...她毫无惧色。e.g. I was afraid of the other boys...我害怕其他的男孩们。

2. 担心的；忧虑的If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them.

afraid的近义词

e.g. She's afraid for her family in Somalia.她为身在索马里的家人担心。

3. 顾忌的；犯愁的If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it.

e.g. I was afraid that nobody would believe me...我担心没有人会相信我。e.g. The Government is afraid of losing the election...现届*府担心会在选举中落败。

4. （用以道歉或婉转地提出异议）很抱歉，很遗憾，恐怕If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.

e.g. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid...我们恐怕没有那样的东西。e.g. I'm afraid I can't help you...恐怕我帮不了你。

1. 害怕、担心：我问他们是否害怕、担心(afraid)**来. surprised 感到惊讶的;pleased高兴的,满足的;determined坚决的,决定了的. 47 D 常识运用逻辑推理**可能来阻止(stop)他们. **对于这样的事有不着去逮住、查封( seize)、搏斗、对抗(fight)或是搜寻、调查(search)的,

2. 害怕的：one#一人(或物) | afraid#害怕的 | opposed#反对的

常用例句

词汇搭配

交通

B：You haven’t (taken/ ridden/ been on) the bus before?你以前没有（坐过/搭过/乘坐过）公车？

afraid的意思

A：No, I’m afraid not.没有，恐怕没有坐过。

包装衬衣

A：How are the shirts packed?衬衫怎样包装？

B：They're packed in cardboard boxes.它们用纸板箱包装。

afraid什么意思

A：I'm afraid the cardboard boxes are not strong enough for ocean transportation.我担心远洋运输用纸板箱不够结实。

请求帮助

A：Could you come and spend the weekend with us?你能来跟我们一起共度周末吗？

B：Oh, I’m afraid I can’t. I’ve had a date already.啊，恐怕不行。我已经有约在先了。

A：That’s too bad!真是可惜！

B：Maybe some other time.下次好啦。

用作形容词(adj.)

Don't be afraid.别怕。

It's hard to be afraid with you.You're a very reassuring person.和你在一起时我不感到畏惧,因为你能使人心安。

She suddenly looked afraid.她突然显得害怕了。

用作形容词 (adj.)

be afraid害怕

look afraid显得害怕

seem afraid好像害怕

half afraid有点怕

not a bit afraid一点不怕

awfully afraid非常害怕

cautiously afraid怕得谨小慎微

childishly afraid非常幼稚地怕

constantly afraid一直怕

curiously afraid怕得叫人难以理解

deadly afraid怕得要命

distressingly afraid怕得令人痛苦

dreadfully afraid怕得要死

extraordinarily afraid特别害怕

faint-heartedly afraid怕得毫无勇气

foolishly afraid怕得非常愚蠢

frightfully afraid非常害怕

genuinely afraid真怕

horribly afraid极其害怕

idiotically afraid非常愚蠢地害怕,怕得荒唐

incomprehensibly afraid莫名其妙地怕,怕得让人不可思议

incredibly afraid怕得难以置信

intensely afraid非常怕

mortally afraid极其怕

mysteriously afraid怕得让人费解

nervously afraid非常紧张地怕,怕得让人不安

obviously afraid很明显地怕

oddly afraid怕得出奇

perpetually afraid永远害怕

queerly afraid怕得令人费解

really afraid真怕

secretly afraid暗自害怕

starkly afraid怕得要命

strangely afraid莫名其妙地害怕

superstitiously afraid因迷信而害怕

surprisingly afraid出人意料地害怕

suspiciously afraid怕得疑神疑鬼

temperamentally afraid怕得直发脾气

terribly afraid非常害怕

timidly afraid怕得令人胆小

timorously afraid怕得令人胆小

unquestionably afraid毫无疑问地怕

unusually afraid异常地害怕

unwontedly afraid异常地害怕

afraid for sb/sth为某人〔某事〕担心

afraid of sth/sb怕某事〔某人〕

afraid of v -ing怕做某事

I was affraid of trampling on every traveller that I met.

出自：Swift

Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike.

出自：Pope

I am afraid you do not like your pen.

出自：J. Austen

Afraid lest the poetical spirit should be swept away.

出自：G. H. Lewes

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned.

出自：J. M. Synge

I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid.

出自：T. S. Eliot

I was afraid..that my house was on fire.

出自：Scott Fitzgerald

Mother was afraid I should freeze in the Parisian hotels.

出自：W. Stevens

词语用法

词义讲解

常见错误

词源解说

adj.(形容词)

afraid的基本含义是“害怕”,泛指一种恐惧心理,或者用于表示习惯的、经常的懦弱或怯弱,并带有因“畏惧”而行动不灵活或谈吐不顺畅之意。afraid也可表示“担忧”或“忧虑”某事物可能产生的后果,即“恐怕”。afraid还可以表示“担心”某人〔事物〕会遇到危险。

afraid是表语形容词,即一般不用在名词前面作定语。作“害怕”解时其后可接of (sb/sth/ v -ing)引起的短语,也可接动词不定式和that(常省略)从句,从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟式。作“担心”解时其后可接for引起的短语。

afraid在句中间或可用作宾语补足语。由afraid构成的形容词短语在句中还可用作状语。

I am afraid...是口语中常见的一种固定搭配(只用单数第一人称一般现在时)。可用来表示推测(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)。其作用在于使语气婉转和缓。其位置可在句首,也可在句末。

在回答别人问话时afraid后可用so或not替代问句中的肯定式或否定式宾语。

afraid不可用very修饰,但可用much或very much修饰。

afraid的比较级和*高级是more afraid和most afraid。

adj.(形容词)

be afraid of v-ing, be afraid to-v

afraid 后面可接动名词(其前加of),也可接动词不定式,一般说,这两种说法的意思没有多少区别。例如：

I'm afraid of flying〔to fly〕.我害怕坐飞机。

I'm afraid of diving〔to dive〕 into the swimming-pool.我不想在游泳池里跳水。

He is afraid to see〔of seeing〕 you again.他怕再见到你。

有时这两种说法在含义上有差别,例如：

She was afraid of waking her husband up.

她怕吵醒丈夫。

She was afraid to wake her husband up.

她不敢喊醒丈夫。

前者的含义是“她不想打扰他,可能因为他病了或累了,需要休息”,而后者的含义则是“她不敢喊醒他,怕他生气”。前者注意的是“无意的后果”,后者注意的则是“有意的行为”。

正是因为有上述差别,所以,当谈论那些我们自己并不希望也不能决定而突然降临到我们头上的事情时,只能用 v -ing形式,而不能用不定式。例如：

I'm afraid of crashing.我害怕撞车。

如果说 I'm afraid to crash,则意味着“我不敢撞车。”再如：“我们害怕被抢劫。”只能说We are afraid of being robbed.“我不爱讲法语,因为我怕讲错。”只能说I don't like to speak French because I'm afraid of making mistakes.“我怕摔进游泳池里。”也只能说I'm afraid of falling into the swimming-pool.

adj.(形容词)

我怕狗。

误 I afraid of dogs.

正 I am afraid of dogs.

析 afraid虽具有动作意义,但切不可把afraid误用作动词。

他非常害怕迟到。

误 He was very afraid of being late.

正 He was much afraid of being late.

析 afraid表示“很害怕”时,可以加much修饰,但不可加very。不过,在much afraid之前却可以再加very进一步加强语气,特别是在I'm afraid 相当于I'm sorry 时,更常用very much修饰。例如：

I'm very much afraid he's out.非常抱歉,他不在家。我比你更怕他。

误 I am afraider of him than you.

正 I am more afraid of him than you.

他的儿子中小的*怕黑。

误 The youngest of his sons is afraidest of dark.

正 The youngest of his sons is most afraid of dark.

析 afraid不可加-er,-est构成比较级和*高级。

☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的afrayer，意为惊恐；*初源自古法语的esfreer。

中考真题例句

OG 1.afraid

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the apples.

他担心如果他把树种在路旁，陌生人会偷苹果。

2019新疆卷

OG 2.afraid

He's afraid his son will fall asleep in writing lessons.

他担心他的儿子在写作课上睡着了。

2019上海市卷

OG 3.afraid

They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers.

他们担心孩子花太多时间在电脑上，与老师交流的时间会减少。

2018衡阳市卷

OG 1.afraid

Don't be afraid of failure.

不要害怕失败。

2020重庆市A卷

OG 2.afraid

Are you afraid of going to the dentist（牙医）?

你害怕去看牙医吗？

2019南宁市卷

OG 3.afraid

Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in trouble.

当你遇到困难时，永远不要害怕向别人寻求帮助。

2019昆明市卷

近义词

反义词

临近词

frightened

terrified

scared

fearful

daring

bold

courageous

afraid of our shadow

afraid of my shadow

Afraid Column

afraid soldier

afraid of

Afp

afraid of his shadow

afresh

Afraid of a return.

afraid of her shadow

afraid to

afraide

相关列句

I'm afraid I never wrote back.(我恐怕从未写过回信。)

I'm afraid Paul has gone raving mad.(我恐怕保罗已经彻底疯了。)

That idea is out, I'm afraid.(那个观点恐怕是不能接受的。)

He is afraid of hurting Bessy's feelings.(他是怕伤了贝西的感情。)

You coward! What are you afraid of?(你这胆小鬼！你怕什么呢？)

Not a very creditable attitude, I'm afraid.(恐怕这不是一种值得称道的态度。)

She's afraid for her family in Somalia.(她为她在索马里的家人担心。)

He was afraid of hurting my feelings.(他害怕伤我的感情。)

I'm afraid I can't remember the way.(恐怕我不记得路了。)

She did not seem at all afraid.(她一点儿也没显得害怕。)