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fear

英 [fɪə] 美[fɪr]

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近义词fright panic terror dread alarm

反义词

n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心
vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心
vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心

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词态变化

第三人称单数: fears;过去式: feared;过去分词: feared;现在分词: fearing;

中文词源

fear 害怕

来自PIE*per, 向前，尝试，词源同far, peril, experience. 由尝试引申词义风险，害怕。

英英释意

1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

2. an anxious feeling;: "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

3. a profound emotion inspired by a deity;: "the fear of God"

英文词源

fear: fear: [OE] ‘Being frightened’ seems to be a comparatively recent development in the semantic history of the word fear. In Old English times the verb meant ‘be afraid’, but the noun meant ‘sudden terrible event, danger’, and it did not develop its modern sense – possibly under the influence of the verb – until the 13th century (the Old English nouns for ‘fear’ were ege and fyrhto, source of modern English fright).

Related words, such as German gefahr and Dutch gevaar, both meaning ‘danger’, confirm that this is the earlier sense (as would Latin perīculum ‘danger’ – source of English peril – if, as has been suggested, it too is connected). Taking the search wider, possible links with Latin perītus ‘experienced’, Greek peráō ‘go through’, and English fare ‘go’ point to an underlying meaning ‘what one undergoes, experience’.
=> peril
fear (n.): Middle English fere, from Old English fær "calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack," from Proto-Germanic *feraz "danger" (cognates: Old Saxon far "ambush," Old Norse far "harm, distress, deception," Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr "danger"), from PIE *per- "to try, risk," a form of verbal root *per- (3) "to lead, pass over" (cognates: Latin periculum "trial, risk, danger;" Greek peria "trial, attempt, experience," Old Irish aire "vigilance," Gothic ferja "watcher"); related to *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).

Sense of "state of being afraid, uneasiness caused by possible danger" developed by late 12c. Some Old English words for "fear" as we now use it were fyrhto, fyrhto; as a verb, ondrædan. Meaning "feeling of dread and reverence for God" is from c. 1400. To put the fear of God (into someone) "intimidate, cause to cower" is by 1888, from the common religious phrase; the extended use was often at first in colonial contexts:
Thus then we seek to put "the fear of God" into the natives at the point of the bayonet, and excuse ourselves for the bloody work on the plea of the benefits which we intend to confer afterwards. [Felix Adler, "The Religion of Duty," 1905]
fear (v.): Old English færan "to terrify, frighten," from a Proto-Germanic verbal form of the root of fear (n.). Cognates: Old Saxon faron "to lie in wait," Middle Dutch vaeren "to fear," Old High German faren "to plot against," Old Norse færa "to taunt."

Originally transitive in English; long obsolete in this sense but somewhat revived in digital gaming via "fear" spells, which matches the old sense "drive away by fear," attested early 15c. Meaning "feel fear" is late 14c. Related: Feared; fearing.

同义词辨析

alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread

这些名词均含"恐惧，惧怕，惊恐"之意。

alarm：强调突然意识到有危险而产生的恐惧心理。

fear：普通用词，侧重指面临危险或灾祸时内心所引起的恐惧心情。

fright：通常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂恐惧，有时含夸张意味。

horror：侧重指因看到令人讨厌或危险的东西或情景而引起的厌恶情绪、极度恐惧心情或战栗的动作。

panic：常指因突如其来的外界威胁使人群出现惊慌、恐惧或混乱。

terror：指极大的恐惧和惊骇，语气最强。

dread：可与fear换用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。

考试真题

Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears.

The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.

Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears.

Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had, she says.

Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.

I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn't going to let fear just take over.

For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear.

Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence.

When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility.

Such moves may eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries, but they are creating panic in importing countries that must rely on what is then left for export.

Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ( ' , 固定看法 )? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar ( ' , 入室盗贼) might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love — fear of loss, disappointment and jealousy — are fairly consistent across cultures, the positive feelings can vary.

They feared neither spouse could manage alone.

But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.

They fear they will regret it afterwards.

Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype?

Fear not, however, for coffee can stimulate them again.

I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had," she says.

In the second experiment meant to pit the mice's hunger against their fear, hungry mice were placed in a cage that had certain "fox-scented" areas and other places that smelled safer but also had food.

In the study, researchers found that hunger outweighed other physical drives, including fear, thirst and social needs.

Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

She doesn't want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job.

with wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

The fear of massive copying.

After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

No one should have to live with what a Texas mother described as constant stress, tension, even fear about money.

When we can't actually remove the source of our fear, we tend to adapt psychologically by adopting a range of defence mechanisms, says Tom Crompton, change strategist for the environmental organisation World Wide Fund for Nature.

Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become permanently confused and thus their language development will be delayed ;this concern is not documented in the literature.

What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.

Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate (使持久) a free fall.

To curb the fear of a lasting free fall

On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help.

And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren't inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar-which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America's debt load is becoming unmanageable.

Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities.

It seems that men with traditional views of masculinity are more likely to suppress outward emotions and to fear emotions, supposedly because such feelings may lead to a loss of composure (镇定).

They have aroused fear among the residents.

"When we can't actually remove the source of our fear, we tend to adapt psychologically by adopting a range of defence mechanisms," says Tom Crompton, change strategist for the environmental organisation World wide Fund for Nature.

My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years.

Some fear that the potential impact of sharing is too high, especially at the early stages of a career.

The amygdala is a crucial part of the brain that produces fear, anxiety and emotional responses including that sinking, guilty feeling you get when you lie.

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.

These emotions included interest, joy, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, and fear.

They fear I will default on any business loan I'm given.

According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

As I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would.

For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.

He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me.

If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don't worry: I've learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today.

In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze that mirrors our fear of the dark.

It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.

Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

Many people fear the gym because they feel lost and don't want to embarrass themselves.

Nervousness and fear were replaced with joy.

Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see chances, not disaster.

They fear losing control of their workers.

Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

While some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.

While the fear hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right street.

And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.

While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.

Elected leaders must be allowed to help supporters deal with bureaucratic problems without fear of prosecution for bribery.

Elected leaders must be allowed to help supporters deal with bureaucratic problems without fear of prosecution of bribery.

Fear is both useful and harmful.

My favorite actor will smith once said, "Fear is not real."

One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, an executive mental coach.

There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line," whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or a lucrative career.

Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child's growing grasp of social and moral norms.

We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be misinterpreted as "weird".

While Europe's monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.

词组搭配

for fear of (或 that)

to avoid the risk of (or that)

以免

no one dared refuse the order for fear of losing their job.
没人敢违抗命令，以免失业。

never fear

used to reassure someone

［用来宽慰人］别害怕，别担心

we shall meet again, never fear.
我们还会见面的，别担心。

no fear

(Brit. informal)used as an emphatic expression of denial or refusal

(英，非正式)［表断然否认或拒绝］绝不，当然不

‘Are you coming with me?’ ‘No fear—it's too exciting here.’.
“你要和我一块去吗？”“当然不——这儿真够劲。”。

put the fear of God in (或 into) someone

cause someone to be very frightened

恐吓

without fear or favour

impartially

公正地，公平地

take all your decisions without fear or favour.
公正地作出你所有的决定。

实用场景例句

(a) fear of the dark/spiders/flying, etc.: 害怕黑暗、蜘蛛、坐飞机等

Her eyes showed no fear.: 她的眼神无丝毫畏惧。

The child was shaking with fear .: 小孩吓得发抖。

We lived in constant fear of losing our jobs.: 我们一直生活在担心失去工作的阴影里。

her fears for her son's safety: 她对儿子安全的担忧

the fear that he had cancer: 他对患癌症的恐惧

I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.: 我坐在地板上，吓得发抖。

...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...: 儿时记忆中的病痛和对黑暗的恐惧

Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted.: 很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式遭到破坏。

These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure...: 激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。

Then one day his worst fears were confirmed...: 后来有一天，他最担心的事终于发生了。

She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis...: 她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。

More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces.: 两百多万难民担心受到效忠旧政府的势力的攻击而逃离该地区。

There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood...: 并无引起误会的可能性。

There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors.: 人们担心冻结银行账户可能会长期阻碍投资。

Carla fears for her son...: 卡拉为儿子担心。

He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life.: 他星期五逃走了，说是担心自己有生命危险。

He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.: 他也谈到了对祖国文化前途的担忧。

...fear for her own safety.: 对她自己安全的担心

She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news...: 她闭紧双唇，仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。

Old people fear to leave their homes.: 老年人都不愿背井离乡。

I fear that a land war now looks very probable...: 恐怕陆地战爆发的可能性很大。

'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.': “留下什么东西了吗?” ——“恐怕没有。”

The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.: 老人们生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧之中。

She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings...: 她什么都不敢对他们说，以免伤害他们的感情。

No one dared shoot for fear of hitting Pete.: 没人敢开枪，怕伤着皮特。

Fear not, Darlene will protect me...: 别担心，达琳会保护我的。

You'll get the right training, never fear.: 你会受到正规训练的，别担心。

When I asked him if he wanted to change his mind, William said 'No fear.': 我问威廉是否想改主意，他说：“绝不会。”

At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her.: 显然伊芙时不时有意吓唬她一下。