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fearful adj.担心的；可怕的；<口>非常的 (1) 他们担心河流会发洪水。(2) 怕这怕那的人是软弱的人。(3) 我曾目睹一场可怕的事故。 To be fearful is, literally, to be full of fear. You can also use this adjective to describe the thing that scares you: "I lay awake all night listening to the fearful creaks of the old house around me." Some people are always fearful — it's just part of who they are — while others are only fearful in certain instances. You might be fearful on airplanes but fearless when riding a horse.

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英 ['fɪəfl] 美 ['fɪrfl] (1) They were fearful that the river would flood.(2) A fearful person is a weak person.(3) I have ever witnessed a fearful accident. If you're fearful, you're afraid of something. A kid who's fearful around dogs might cry or run away when sees even a small puppy. 1[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。2[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3[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。fearfullyThis is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。

英语单词	fearful
英美音标	英 ['fɪəfl] 美 ['fɪrfl]
中文释义	adj.担心的；可怕的；<口>非常的
英语例句	(1) They were fearful that the river would flood. (2) A fearful person is a weak person. (3) I have ever witnessed a fearful accident.
中文例句	(1) 他们担心河流会发洪水。 (2) 怕这怕那的人是软弱的人。 (3) 我曾目睹一场可怕的事故。
vocabulary简明	If you're fearful, you're afraid of something. A kid who's fearful around dogs might cry or run away when sees even a small puppy.
vocabulary扩展	To be fearful is, literally, to be full of fear. You can also use this adjective to describe the thing that scares you: "I lay awake all night listening to the fearful creaks of the old house around me." Some people are always fearful — it's just part of who they are — while others are only fearful in certain instances. You might be fearful on airplanes but fearless when riding a horse.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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。

Fearful I Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Afraid [Formal 正式 Fearfully