Question

形容词afraid 的用法

Answer 1

　　afraid 的基本意思是"惧怕,害怕,不敢",有四种用法:

　　1.be afraid of something 害怕

　　Don't be afraid of the dog. 别害怕那只狗。

　　2.与of 连用，be afraid of doing something.“害怕某事发生”

　　表示可能会有不好的事情发生(如事故),不是有目的做某事。

　　I don't like dogs. I'am always afraid of being bitten.

　　我不喜欢狗。我经常害怕被狗咬。

　　I was afraid to go near the dog because I was afraid of being bitten.

　　我不敢接近狗，因为我怕被狗咬。

　　3.与动词不定式连用, be afraid to do something.“不敢做某式”

　　不想做这件事情，因为它很危险，或结果可能不好。它表示有目的做某事。

　　A lot of people are afraid to go out at night.

　　许多人不敢晚上出去。

　　4.在给某人不愉快的信息时,通常用I'am afraid,后接从句

　　I'm afraid I have some rather bad news for you.

　　恐怕我给你带来了坏消息。