- fear作动词用,其后一般接不定式或动名词或者that从句,如fearto offend her或者fearoffending her或者Ifearthat I may offend her;
- 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.
第一句比第二句通俗得多。
- 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.
- forfearof,forfearthat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.
唯恐念错音,我念得很慢。