形容詞：害怕的、擔憂的、恐怕
常見搭配詞：
- be afraid of something
害怕、恐懼
例句：He is afraid of the dark.
他害怕黑暗。 - afraid to do something
害怕做某事
例句：She was afraid to ask for help.
她害怕求助。 - be afraid that SV
擔心、擔憂
例句：He was afraid that he would lose his job.
他擔心會失去工作。 - I’m afraid (that) SV
恐怕、不好意思
例句：I’m afraid I can’t come to your party tonight.
恐怕今晚我無法參加你的派對。 - make someone afraid
使某人害怕
例句：The loud noise made the dog afraid.
巨大的噪音使狗狗害怕。 - too afraid (to do something)
太害怕(以致於無法做…)
例句：She was too afraid to move.
她害怕得無法移動。 - afraid for someone/something
為某人或某事擔憂
例句：She was afraid for her children’s safety.
她擔心孩子的安全。
例句：
- She is afraid of spiders.
她害怕蜘蛛。 - I’m afraid I have to disagree with you.
恐怕我不同意你的觀點。 - I’m afraid I can’t help you.
恐怕我無法幫助你。 - Don’t be afraid. Everything will be fine.
不要害怕，一切都會好起來的。 - She is not afraid of challenges.
她不害怕挑戰。 - He was afraid to admit his mistake.
他害怕承認自己的錯誤。 - I am afraid so.
恐怕是這樣。 - I am afraid not.
恐怕不是。
同義詞：
- fearful 害怕的、恐懼的 adj. 描述因擔憂、恐懼或不安而產生的情緒。
例句：He felt fearful when he heard strange noises in the house.
他在房子裡聽到奇怪的聲音，覺得很害怕。 - frightened 害怕的、受驚的 adj. 指因某人或某事而感到恐懼或驚恐。(frighten使…害怕，是一個情緒動詞，過去分詞代表情緒。)
例句：The little girl was frightened by the loud thunder.
小女孩被雷聲嚇到了。 - scared 害怕的、恐懼的 adj. 表示因某事物而感到不安或驚慌。
例句：He was scared of speaking in front of a large audience.
他害怕當著很多人面演講(害怕公開演說)。 - terrified 極度恐懼的、驚慌的 adj. 強烈地表示受到驚嚇，常常因為面對危險或極度恐懼的事物。 (terrify使…非常恐懼，是一個情緒動詞，過去分詞代表情緒。)
例句：She was terrified by the thought of being alone in the dark forest.
一想到獨自一個人在黑暗的森林中，她就覺得非常恐懼 - apprehensive 憂慮的、擔心的 adj. 形容對未來事件感到不安或擔心，可能因為潛在的壞結果。
例句：He was apprehensive about the result of his job interview.
他對求職面試結果感到憂慮。
衍生字：
- fear 恐懼、擔憂 n. 害怕、擔憂 vt.
- fearful 恐懼的、憂慮的、非常不好的 adj.
- fearfulness 恐懼 n.
- fearfully 害怕地、非常 adv.
- fearless 無畏的、大膽的 adj.
- fearlessness 無畏、大膽 n.
- fearlessly 無畏地、大膽地 adv.
