英语词汇“for fear of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. esp. in phrase for fear, where in modern use the sense of the noun is often weakened; thus for fear of = ‘in order to avoid or prevent’; for fear that or lest (also colloquial with ellipsis of the conjunction) = ‘lest’.When fear in these locutions is intended to have its full sense, through or from is now usually substituted for for.

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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [phrase] > in order to avoid

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1908 (MED) But ȝitt bode he seuen dayes in rest For fere [Vesp. doute, Gött. drede] lest any damnyng brest.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 481 Wene ye that I shall do that ye saye for fere of deth?

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N3^v To departe..In the time of plague..for feare of infection.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 346 I was effrayit to mount so heich, for feir to get ane fall.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xlix. Epit. 1238 To depart out of those quarters..for feare to bee murdered.

1678 Tryals W. Ireland, T. Pickering, & J. Grove for Murder 24 Grove would have had the Bullets to be Champt, for fear that..if the Bullets were Round, the Wound..might be Cured.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 212 Must we not Wish, for fear of wishing Ill?

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xi. 275 It is always good to be charitable to those Sort of People, for Fear what may happen.

1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship ix. 40 I, for fear of the worst, took to my heels.

单词	for fear of
释义	> as lemmas for fear of b. esp. in phrase for fear, where in modern use the sense of the noun is often weakened; thus for fear of = ‘in order to avoid or prevent’; for fear that or lest (also colloquial with ellipsis of the conjunction) = ‘lest’.When fear in these locutions is intended to have its full sense, through or from is now usually substituted for for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [phrase] > in order to avoid for fear ofa1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1908 (MED) But ȝitt bode he seuen dayes in rest For fere [Vesp. doute, Gött. drede] lest any damnyng brest. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 481 Wene ye that I shall do that ye saye for fere of deth? 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N3^v To departe..In the time of plague..for feare of infection. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 346 I was effrayit to mount so heich, for feir to get ane fall. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xlix. Epit. 1238 To depart out of those quarters..for feare to bee murdered. 1678 Tryals W. Ireland, T. Pickering, & J. Grove for Murder 24 Grove would have had the Bullets to be Champt, for fear that..if the Bullets were Round, the Wound..might be Cured. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 212 Must we not Wish, for fear of wishing Ill? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xi. 275 It is always good to be charitable to those Sort of People, for Fear what may happen. View more context for this quotation 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship ix. 40 I, for fear of the worst, took to my heels. extracted from fearn. < as lemmas
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