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　　afraid是一個(gè)使用頻率很高的形容詞,它的用法很廣泛，也很容易被人混淆的一個(gè)詞匯，接下來小編在這里給大家?guī)韆fraid的用法,，我們一起來看看吧!

　　afraid的用法

　　afraid一般作名詞表示害怕的;擔(dān)心的;恐怕;畏懼，害怕，其常用的固定搭配具有以下幾種

　　1. be afraid of sth (sb) afraid 害怕某事(某人)。

　　如：

　　Are you afraid of dogs?

　　你害狗嗎?

　　There’s nothing to be afraid of.

　　沒什么可害怕的。

　　比較：He is afraid of her. 他怕她。 


　　He is afraid with her. 跟她在一起時(shí)，他很害怕。

　　2. be afraid of doing sth 擔(dān)心會(huì)發(fā)生某事或某情況(但實(shí)際上未必會(huì)發(fā)生)。

　　如：She was afraid of waking her husband. 她怕吵醒她丈夫。

　　I was afraid of hurting her feelings. 我怕傷害她的感情。

　　注：be afraid of doing sth 表示擔(dān)心會(huì)發(fā)生某事或某情況時(shí)，其后也可用 be afraid that 替換。

　　如：He was afraid of losing face. =He was afraid (that) he’d lose face. 他怕失面子。害怕做某事或不敢做某事(指缺乏勇氣或害怕其后果而不敢)。

　　如：I’m afraid of telling her. 我不敢告訴她。 
He was afraid of jumping. 他不敢跳。

　　3. be afraid to do sth 害怕做某事或不敢做某事。

　　如：He was afraid to fly in a plane. 他不敢坐飛機(jī)。

　　He was afraid to go into the house and meet his father. 他不敢進(jìn)屋去見他父親。

　　注：以上兩類句型的異同之處：表示擔(dān)心會(huì)發(fā)生某事或某情況，只能用 be afraid of doing sth, 而表示害怕做某事或不敢做某事等，則兩者都可用。如：Don’t be afraid to ask [of asking] question. 不要害怕問問題。He is afraid to go out [of going out] alone at night. 他不敢晚上一個(gè)人出去。

　　afraid的相關(guān)解釋

　　adj. 害怕的;擔(dān)心的;恐怕;畏懼，害怕

　　afraid的例句

　　1. She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her.

　　她感到從未有過的害怕。

　　2. "I'm afraid he's ill." — "I'm sorry to hear that."

　　“恐怕他生病了。”——“真是遺憾。”

　　3. Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?

　　為什么像大學(xué)這樣人才濟(jì)濟(jì)的社區(qū)要害怕虛無主義呢?

　　4. I was afraid you'd simply feel we were imposing on you.

　　我擔(dān)心你會(huì)覺得我們是在勉強(qiáng)你。

　　5. Aren't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader?

　　你不怕被人看作是一個(gè)裝腔作勢的改革者?

　　6. He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction.

　　他有點(diǎn)害怕父親的反應(yīng)。