fear for
collocation为……担心
Many parents fear for their children's safety online.
许多父母担心孩子在网上的安全。
害怕；畏惧
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害怕；畏惧
to be afraid of someone or something; to feel fear
She fears that she might lose her job due to the company's financial troubles.
她担心自己会因为公司的财务问题而失业。
害怕(某事或某人)；以警惕的态度考虑或期待(某事或某人)
To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
感到害怕
To feel fear.
担心,关心,为......感到害怕
To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].
崇敬；对......感到敬畏
To venerate; to feel awe towards.
fear
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原形
fears
3rd person
第三人称单数
fearing
-ing
现在分词
feared
Past
过去式
feared
Past participle
过去分词
I fear the unknown.
我害怕未知。
He feared for his safety.
他担心自己的安全。
She is fearing the worst.
她正在担心最坏的情况。
fear作为动词时，通常不用进行时，但偶尔用于强调。
Many people fear flying even though it is statistically safer than driving.
尽管从统计数据上看飞行比开车更安全，许多人仍然害怕坐飞机。
He feared that his secret would be discovered by his family.
他担心自己的秘密会被家人发现。
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为……担心
Many parents fear for their children's safety online.
许多父母担心孩子在网上的安全。
担心最坏的情况
When the plane was late, we began to fear the worst.
飞机晚点时，我们开始担心发生了最坏的情况。
别担心，不用怕
Never fear — I'll help you finish the work.
别担心——我会帮你完成工作。
害怕改变
Some employees fear change and resist new technology.
一些员工害怕变化，抵制新技术。
惧怕未知的事物
She doesn't fear the unknown; she finds it exciting.
她不害怕未知事物，反而觉得它令人兴奋。
担心发生最坏的情况
She fears the worst when the phone rings late at night.
当深夜电话响起时，她担心发生了最坏的事。
别担心；放心
Never fear, I'll get you to the airport on time.
别担心，我会准时把你送到机场。
不要害怕
Fear not, for I am with you.
不要害怕，因为我与你同在。
我们唯一需要恐惧的，就是恐惧本身。
Franklin D. Roosevelt said this in his first inaugural address in 1933 to reassure Americans during the Great Depression.
富兰克林·罗斯福在1933年首次就职演说中说了这句话，以在大萧条时期安抚美国民众。
我决不能恐惧。恐惧是思想的杀手。
This line comes from the Bene Gesserit litany against fear in Frank Herbert's novel Dune.
这句话出自弗兰克·赫伯特小说《沙丘》中贝尼·杰瑟里特对抗恐惧的祷词。
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拼写里藏着ear（耳朵）：害怕时耳朵都竖起来听动静，fear就是害怕。
语域：mixed 常见场景：news reporting、formal speeches、religious texts fear 作动词时，多用于书面语、新闻或较正式的表达；表示“担心”可用 fear for，语义中性；表示“敬畏”则多见于宗教或庄重语境。日常口语中表达“害怕”时，可考虑用 be afraid of。
与 fear /fɪə/ 押韵的词：hear, near, dear, clear（均含 -ear，读 /ɪə/）。注意：bear, wear 也拼作 -ear，但读 /eə/，不押韵。
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