afraid

• adj. 害怕的；恐怕；擔心的

affray的形容詞形式。

afraid (adj.)

early 14c., originally past participle of verb afray "frighten," from Anglo-French afrayer, Old French esfreer "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb" (see affray (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired independent standing and thrived while affray faded, and it chased off the once more common afeared. Sense in I'm afraid "I regret to say, I suspect" (without implication of fear) is first recorded 1590s.

Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone [Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes," 1820]

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

她感到從未有過的害怕。

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

“恐怕他生病了。”——“真是遺憾。”

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

為什麽像大學這樣人才濟濟的社區要害怕虛無主義呢？

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

我擔心你會覺得我們是在勉強你。

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

你不怕被人看作是一個裝腔作勢的改革者？

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