[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]恐惧的;害怕的 If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it.
[usu v-link ADJ]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
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。
fearfully
'What are you going to do to me?' Alex asked fearfully.
“你要拿我怎么样?”亚历克丝害怕地问。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可怕的;严重的 You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is.
[ADJ n]
[emphasis]
[FORMAL 正式]
The region is in a fearful recession.
该地区处于严重的经济衰退中。
...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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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]非常坏的;极坏的Fearful is used to emphasize that something is very bad.
[ADJ n]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
You gave me a fearful shock!
你让我大吃一惊。
'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。
fearfully
This is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.
这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。
Oxford
fear·ful/ˈfɪəfl; NAmEˈfɪrfl/adjective1( formal) nervous and afraid 担心;担忧;忧虑fearful(for sb) ◆Parents are ever fearful for their children.父母总是为子女担忧。fearful(of sth/of doing sth) ◆fearful of an attack担心遭到袭击fearful(that…) ◆She was fearful that she would fail.她生怕失败。2[only before noun ]( formal) terrible and frightening 可怕的;吓人的;恐惧的3( old-fashioned,informal) extremely bad 极坏的;极糟的◆We made a fearful mess of the room.我们把房间弄得一团糟。▶fear·ful·ly/ˈfɪəfəli; NAmEˈfɪrfəli/adverb◆We watched fearfully.我们忧心忡忡地观察着。◆fearfully (= extremely)expensive 贵得吓人fear·ful·ness/ˈfɪəflnəs; NAmEˈfɪrflnəs/noun[uncountable ]fear·ful/ˈfɪəfl; NAmEˈfɪrfl/fear·ful·ly/ˈfɪəfəli; NAmEˈfɪrfəli/fear·ful·ness/ˈfɪəflnəs; NAmEˈfɪrflnəs/
LDC
fearfulfear‧ful /ˈfɪəfəl $ ˈfɪr-/ ●○○ adjective
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1formal frightened that something bad might happen: a shy and fearful childfearful of People are fearful of rising crime in the area.fearful that Officials are fearful that the demonstrations will cause new violence.► see thesaurus at
frightened
2British English extremely badSYN awful, terrible: The room was in a fearful mess.3[only before noun] written very frighteningSYN terrifying: a fearful creature—fearfulness noun [uncountable]
WDF
fearful
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可怕的(86%),担心的(14%)
adj.可怕的;担心的;严重的
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