n(1) 恐惧，害怕(distressing emotion caused by the nearness or expectation of danger，pain，evil，etc) [U]：feel/show/have no～感觉不到/没表现出/一点都不害怕;unable to speak/to move/to act from (for)～吓得不敢讲话/不敢动/不敢行动;be overcome by/with～被恐惧吓倒;grow pale/shake with～吓得脸色苍白/直打哆嗦;shut one's eyes in～吓得闭上眼睛;seem without～看上去毫无惧色;a man without～无所畏惧的人;a look of～in one's eyes 恐惧的目光;〖同〗dread，fright，terror，panic，horror;〖反〗fearlessness，courage，bravery;

(2) (具体的)恐惧(specific instance of such an emotion or feeling) [C]：overcome/dispel sb's～s 克服/消除恐惧;have a great/a terrible～of water/of height/of fire/of the unknown 对水/登高/火/陌生的事物极为恐惧;A sudden～came over him. 一阵恐惧突然向他袭来。Your～s are absolutely unnecessary/groundless/absurd. 你的恐惧完全没有必要/毫无根据/非常可笑。〖同〗 concern，worry，care;

(3) 担心(忧) (feeling of anxiety caused by the thought or possibility of sth unfavourable happening) [U] [N+that]：He has no/not much～of losing his job. 他不怎么怕失业。F～of dismissal does not usually make people work harder. 担心被解雇并不总是能使人们工作更努力。

(4) 可能，危险(risk，chance of sth unfavourable happening) [U] [N+that]：There's little～of losing the race. 几乎不大可能输掉比赛。There is no/not much～of his business failing/of that happening. 他的买卖不可能破产/发生那种事情的可能性很小。There's some～that she'll lose her way. 她可能会迷路。

(5) (对神、上帝等的) 敬畏(great respect mixed with fear， esp toward God) [U]：The immense space and quiet inside the cathedral gave one a proper～of God. 大教堂的空旷和肃穆使人们对上帝敬而生畏。〖同〗esteem，respect;

for fear that.../lest.../of (doing) sth 唯恐，生怕;以免：She worried for～that the child would be lost. 她唯恐孩子会丢失。We shut the window at night for～of rain. 由于怕下雨，我们晚上关好窗户。He ran away for～of being caught. 由于害怕被抓住，他跑掉了。

in fear of 因……担心：in daily～of one's enemy/of losing one's job 每天都担心自己的敌人/担心失去工作;

in fear of one's life 担心自身安全：Since he told the police about his friend's crimes，he has been in～of his life. 他自从向警察揭发了他朋友的罪行之后，就一直为自己的生命安全担忧。

in fear and trembling 胆战心惊地：He came in～and trembling to tell his father he had broken the neighbour's window. 他胆战心惊地进来告诉父亲说，他把邻居家窗户的玻璃打破了。

put the fear of God into sb 吓唬某人 (infml)：The doctor put the～of God into his patient by telling her about the danger of smoking. 医生把吸烟的危害告诉他的病人以此来吓唬她。

→′fearless adj 不怕的，无畏的;′fearlessly adv 无畏地;′fearlessness n 无畏;′fearsome adj 可怕的，(外观)不雅的;′fearful adj 紧张而担心的;可怕的;

v(1) 畏惧，害怕(be frightened or afraid of sb or sth) [T+n] [不用 prog]：～death/sb's wrath/one's father/what sb will say/staying alone in the farmhouse 害怕死亡/某人发怒/自己的父亲/某人要说的话/独自呆在农舍里;There was nothing to～. 没有什么好怕的。You have nothing to～. 你不用怕。〖同〗 dread;

(2) 害怕(做)，不敢(feel fear about doing sth) [I，T+to-inf]：Never～，you will succeed. 千万不要害怕，你会成功的。She～s to speak in his presence/to attack him because of his popularity. 有他在场，她不敢说话/她不敢攻击他，因为他的名气很大。Don't～to tell the truth. 不要害怕讲实话。

(3) 担心(忧)，恐怕(have an uneasy feeling of (esp sth bad)) [T+n，T+that]：We～ed the worst. 我们担心会发生最糟糕的事情。I～he is going to die. 我担心他要死了。It's getting dark，I～. 恐怕天要黑了。“Are we late?” “I～so/ not. ” “我们迟到了吗?” “我想是的/我想不会。”

(4) 敬畏 (上帝) (have great respect and awe for the God) [T+n] (infml)：～God 敬畏上帝;〖同〗 respect;

【说明】 in fear of与for fear of比be afraid of 语体色彩更正式，通常用于文学语体。

【辨异】 名词fear与alarm、dread、fright、panic、terror和horror 的区别见 ALARM。