for fear

for fear读音音标

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for fear意思解释

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双语例句

The nurse walked on tiptoe for fear of waking the patient.护士踮着脚走,生怕吵醒病人。Be careful for fear (that) you should be misunderstood.请小心点不要被误会了。He told us to keep quiet for fear that we might disturb others.他让我们保持安静，以免打扰别人。He whispered for fear lest his son should hear.他悄声耳语，以免给儿子听见。He dropped his voice for fear be might be overheard.他放低了声音，唯恐被别人听见。We spoke in whispers for fear of waking the baby/for fear (that) we might wake the baby.我们轻声谈话，以免吵醒婴儿。