Question

英语中be afraid of 的用法是什么，还有，它与be afraid to什么不同

Answer 1

表示“害怕做某事”或“不敢做某事”，be
afraid
之后可接不定式，也可接
of
doing
sth。如：
she
was
afraid
to
tell
[of
telling]
you.
她害怕告诉你。
she
is
afraid
to
go
[of
going]
out
alone
late
at
night.
她很怕深夜独自外出。
但若要表示担心可能会发生某事，则只能用
be
afraid
of
doing而不能用
be
afraid
to
do。如：
she
is
afraid
of
lagging
behind
the
others.
她怕落在别人后面。
she
didn’t
tell
him
because
she
was
afraid
of
upsetting
him.
她没有告诉他，因为怕他不安。

Answer 2

这两者有着很大的区别。
be
afraid
of
害怕做某事、害怕某样东西。be
afraid
to
害怕去做某事。
比如：He
is
afraid
of
dog.他害怕狗。
He
is
afraid
of
the
war.他对真正充满恐惧。
He
is
afraid
to
go
home.他害怕回家。
这两个短语，不要尝试着去记某些用法，只要理解了两个短语所能表达的意思，就能用好。