| 单词 | lest |
| 释义 | lest /lest/, conj. 1. for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution): He kept his notes by his side lest faulty memory lead him astray. 2. that (used after words expressing fear, danger, etc.): There was danger lest the plan become known. [bef. 1000; ME leste, contr. of the lesse the, thi les the; late OE the laeste, earlier thy laes the, lit., whereby less that (thy instrumental case of the demonstrative and relative pronoun, laes LESS, the relative particle)] |
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