fear的用法和句型

【fear用法】

1、）fear作动词用，其后一般接不定式或动名词或者that从句，如fear to offend her或者fear offending her或者I fearthat I may offend her；

2、）普遍日常用语中，用be afraid比fear更常见，而fear后加lest从句更加不常见。

We were afraid (that) he might fail.

We feared lest he should fail.

第一句比第二句通俗得多。

3、）fear作为名词时，后接that从句也比较常见。

I have a fear that I may offend her.

4、）for fear of，for fear that意思为“唯恐”，“以防”，注意fear之前都不加the。

For fear of mispronouncing some words I read very slowly.

For fear that I should mispronounce some words I read very slowly.

唯恐念错音，我念得很慢。