fearful

• adj. 可怕的；担心的；严重的

1. causing fear or dread or terror;

"the awful war"

"an awful risk"

"dire news"

"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

"the dread presence of the headmaster"

"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"

"a dreadful storm"

"a fearful howling"

"horrendous explosions shook the city"

"a terrible curse"

2. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;

"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

3. extremely distressing;

"fearful slum conditions"

"a frightful mistake"

"suffered terrible thirst"

4. timid by nature or revealing timidity;

"timorous little mouse"

"in a timorous tone"

"cast fearful glances at the large dog"

5. experiencing or showing fear;

"a fearful glance"

"fearful of criticism"

fearful (adj.)

mid-14c., "causing fear," from fear (n.) + -ful. Meaning "full of fear, timid" (now less common) also is from mid-14c. As a mere emphatic, from 1630s. Related: Fearfully; fearfulness.

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling

这些形容词均含"害怕的，怕的"之意。

afraid：指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。

fearful：普通用词，既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧，又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。

awful：指威严得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。

dreadful：指使人非常恐惧，毛骨悚然，也使人感到讨厌而退缩。

frightful：指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。

terrible：侧重指给人以长久的惊骇，极端的恐怖，令人难以忍受。

horrible：指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然，着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。

terrific：多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。

appalling：指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。

The publisher, fearful of being cheated, forced her to submit to his scholarly examination by a board of educated men, including the colonial governor.

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For example, he theorised that a judge fearful of appearing too soft on crime might be more likely to send someone to prison if he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.

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fearfully (= extremely) expensive

贵得吓人

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We watched fearfully.

我们忧心忡忡地观察着。

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Parents are ever fearful for their children.

父母总是为子女担忧。

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fearful of an attack

担心遭到袭击

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She was fearful that she would fail.

她生怕失败。

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We made a fearful mess of the room.

我们把房间弄得一团糟。

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The region is in a fearful recession.

该地区处于严重的经济衰退中。

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...the fearful consequences which might flow from unilateral military moves.

单方面军事行动可能造成的可怕后果

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You gave me a fearful shock!

你让我大吃一惊。

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'It sounds the most fearful hard work,' Sybil said later.

“这听起来是极为令人生畏的艰苦工作。”西比尔后来说。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very isolated.

我以前经常感到非常恐惧，非常愤怒，非常孤独。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis...

银行家们害怕会发生一场全球银行业危机。

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The most fearful unbelief is unbelief in your self.

最可怕的不信任是不信任自己.

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The nurse on duty was fearful that the patient should get worse.

值班的护士担心病人的病情会恶化.

《简明英汉词典》

If our enemies dare to strike us, they and all aided them, will face fearful consequences.

如果敌人胆敢向我们发动攻击, 他们及其所有支持者都将面临可怕的后果.

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He finds he feels alone very fearful in such place.

他发现自己独自在这样的地方感到很可怕.

辞典例句

Therefore, the spiritual impoverishment is a more fearful social phenomenon.

所以, 精神贫困是一种比物质贫困更隐蔽更可怕的社会现象.

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There was now not a trace of whatever had set up that fearful yammering.

不管刚才那些吓人的叫声出自什么,Simon都看不到它的一丝痕迹.

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It was a fearful accident.

那是可怕的事故.

《用法词典》

I've a fearful cold and may have a flu.

我冷得可怕,可能得了流感了.

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But I was also fearful: If the transplant didn't work , would that mean I'd failed her?

但是,同时我也有一些害怕,如果移植失败, 是否会意味着我将辜负了艾丽西娅.

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Is really a fearful matter.

实在是一件可怕的事情.

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It's really a fearful railway accident.

这真是一宗可怕的铁路意外.

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How to go out fearful at such night.

在这样的夜晚外出多可怕.

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She was fearful by nature.

她本性畏怯.

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The huricane is fearful.

飓风是可怕的.

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The terror that is reigning across Indonesia is making everyone fearful.

印尼的恐怖让人胆战心惊.

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