| 单词 | i am afraid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI am (also I'm) afraid 3. colloquial. I am (also I'm) afraid: (with dependent clause or parenthetically) ‘I regret to say’; ‘I regretfully or apologetically admit, report, etc.’; ‘I suspect’; ‘I am inclined to think’. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 94 I am affraid sir, doe what you can..Yours will not be entreated. a1678 H. Scougal Importance & Diffic. Ministerial Function in Wks. (1765) 240 This..was the humour of some in his days; and I am afraid the case is not much better in ours. 1709 J. Addison Let. 14 Dec. (1941) 197 I am afraid if this matter comes on it will be necessary to have Copys of the Office Books. 1740 T. Gray Let. 16 July in Corr. (1971) I. 168 Disagreeable enough (as most necessities are) but, I am afraid, unavoidable. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. x. 104 I am afraid you do not like your pen. Let me mend it for you. View more context for this quotation 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford iii. 47 I did many a thing she did not like, I'm afraid—and now she's gone! 1911 F. Swinnerton Casement vi. 209 ‘I'm afraid,’ said he, rather stiffly, ‘that I don't know anything about his habits.’ 1959 Observer 14 June 22/6 It would be less kind, but true, I am afraid, to find in this book a quite invincible taste for the mediocre. 2003 V. Blake Bloodless Shadow (2004) 7 I'm afraid I can't discuss my cases. < as lemmas |
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