2、fear表示“恐惧”“惧怕”时,可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。 特指某种恐惧或多种恐惧时,可用作可数名词;表示“畏惧”时,是不可数名词。
3、fear表示“可能性”时,用作不可数名词,其后常接介词of短语。
扩展资料
4、fear后可接that引导的同位语从句。for fear that连接的从句总是虚拟的,并用肯定结构。
5、fear表示对某人或某事害怕,多指害怕已存在或即将到来的危险,并含有避开之义。其含义与be afraid (of/to- v )基本相同,但fear常用作书面语,而be afraid (of/to- v )为日常用语。
6、fear可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是名词、代词、动名词、动词不定式、that从句。fear还可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
7、fear在需要搭用非谓语动词时,用动名词和不定式短语都可以,意思上差别不大,只是接动词不定式多表示“不敢主动地去做某事”,而接动名词多表示“对某动作的后果被动地害怕”,另外,接动词不定式多表示“害怕要去做某事”,接动名词时则表示“做某事时害怕”。
fear的'用法例句：
1. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.
由于害怕和困惑，他当时处于一种混沌状态。
2. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them.
他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。
3. Mack made his voice quiver with fear on these last two words.
麦克说出最后这两个字时，吓得声音颤抖。
4. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。
5. Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.
大型石油公司无需担心原油销售不出去。
6. The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry.
人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。
7. Emergency workers fear that the burning ship could slip its moorings.
急救人员担心燃烧着的船只可能会脱链滑走。
8. Ignorance of people brings fear, fear of the unknown.
人们的无知会带来恐惧，对未知事物的恐惧。
9. You can't put that sort of fear into words.
那种恐惧无法用语言表达。
10. Their luck had simply run out. Still, never fear.
他们的好运已经到头了。不过，别担心。