fear
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/fɪr/ B2 verb to be frightened of something or someone unpleasant: Most older employees fear unemployment. 大多数上了年纪的雇员害怕失业。
scare
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/sker/ C1 verb to (make a person or animal) feel frightened: Sudden noises scare her. 突然的响声把她吓了一跳。
dread
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/dred/ C2 verb to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen: He's dreading the exam - he's sure he's going to fail. 他很担心考试——他觉得自己肯定过不了。
quail
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/kweɪl/ verb literary to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you fear it: Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice. 查理听到他母亲愤怒的声音，心里不由得感到发毛。
fear
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/fɪr/ B1 noun an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen: Trembling with fear, she handed over the money to the gunman. 她吓得发抖，战战兢兢地把钱递给了持枪歹徒。
dread
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/dred/ noun a strong feeling of fear or worry: The prospect of working full-time fills me with dread. 可能要全职工作，这让我很担忧。
tremble to think
phrase mainly UK If you say that you tremble to think about a possible future event, you are worried or frightened about it: I tremble to think what will happen when he finds out. 我真担心他发现后会怎么样。
害怕地
fearfully
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/ˈfɪr.fəl.i/ adverb with fear: Fearfully, he walked closer to the edge. 他心惊胆战地朝崖边走近了一些。
害怕的
afraid
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/əˈfreɪd/ A2 adjective feeling fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situation: He was/felt suddenly afraid. 他突然害怕起来／感到恐惧。
frightened
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/ˈfraɪ.tənd/ B1 adjective feeling fear or worry: She gets frightened when he shouts at her. 他冲她吼时她很害怕。
scared
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/skerd/ B1 adjective frightened or worried: He's scared of spiders. 他害怕蜘蛛。
frit
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/frɪt/ adjective UK informal not brave enough to do something; frightened: "Go on," she urged. "Don't be frit." “继续，”她催促道。 “别怕。”
wigged out
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/ˌwɪɡd ˈaʊt/ adjective mainly US informal nervous or frightened, often in a way that is not reasonable: Somehow I would have expected her to be more wigged out about seeing him. 不知怎么的，我以为她见到他会更紧张一些呢。
使害怕
frighten
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/ˈfraɪ.tən/ B2 verb to make someone feel fear: He frightens me when he drives so fast. 他开车这么快，我很害怕。
terrify
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/ˈter.ə.faɪ/ B2 verb to frighten someone very much: The idea of parachuting out of a plane terrifies me. 一想到从飞机上跳伞，我就害怕。
cow
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/kaʊ/ verb to frighten someone into doing something, using threats or violence: The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army. 抗议者拒绝向军队低头。
非常害怕
fling up your hands
phrase UK to show that you are very shocked or frightened: They flung up their hands in horror at the cost of the trip. 看到旅行的花费，他们不由吃了一惊。
have a horror of sth
phrase UK to hate something very much or be very frightened of something: It may be childish but I have a horror of worms. 这可能有些孩子气，可是我真是非常害怕虫子。
感到害怕
scare
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/sker/ C1 verb to (make a person or animal) feel frightened: Sudden noises scare her. 突然的响声把她吓了一跳。
紧张害怕
the heebie-jeebies
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/ˌhiː.bɪˈjiː.biz/ noun informal strong feelings of fear or worry: Don't start talking about ghosts - they give me the heebie-jeebies. 不要谈论鬼怪——它们让我很害怕。
the heebie-jeebies
phrase informal a feeling of nervousness or fear: The economic situation is giving a lot of investors the heebie-jeebies. 经济形势使许多投资者感到紧张不安。
不害怕的
unafraid
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/ˌʌn.əˈfreɪd/ adjective not afraid: The party leader has been unafraid to speak his mind. 这名党的领导人从不畏惧说出自己的想法。
非常害怕的
terrified
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/ˈter.ə.faɪd/ B1 adjective very frightened: He huddled in the corner like a terrified child. 他像个受惊过度的小孩一样蜷缩在角落里。
害怕的感觉
chill
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/tʃɪl/ C2 noun a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear: I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead. 我突然一阵恐惧，意识到前面有危险。
害怕细菌的人
germophobe
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/ˈdʒɜ˞ː.mə.foʊb/ noun someone who has a fear of germs that is so strong that it is not normal or reasonable: He is a germophobe who must be handed a perfumed wipe after every handshake. 他有洁癖，每次握手后都必须要给他一张带香味的纸巾。
近得令人害怕
be too close for comfort
phrase humorous to be so close to you that you feel worried or frightened: His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort. 他母亲住在与我们邻近的那条街上，离得有点太近，令人不自在。
令非常害怕
make sb's hair stand on end
phrase informal to make someone very frightened: The thought of jumping out of a plane makes my hair stand on end. 老实说，一想到从飞行的飞机上跳下来就让我毛骨悚然。
令某人担心或害怕
alarm
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/əˈlɑːrm/ C1 verb to make someone worried or frightened: I didn't want to alarm him by telling him that she was ill. 我不想让他担心，没有告诉他她生病的事。
令人非常害怕地
gut-wrenchingly
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/ˈɡʌtˌrentʃ.ɪŋ.li/ adverb in a way that makes you feel extremely sad, shocked, or upset: This deeply moving and gut-wrenchingly convincing film tells his story. 这部感人至深、令人胆战心惊却又真实可信的电影讲述的是他的故事。
令人害怕的爬虫
creepy-crawly
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/ˌkriː.piˈkrɑː.li/ noun informal a small insect that gives you a feeling of fear and dislike
令人害怕的
dreaded
adjective humorous My dreaded cousin is coming to stay! 我那可怕的表弟要来和我一起住了！
使非常害怕
make your flesh crawl/creep
phrase to make someone very worried or frightened: I don't mind spiders but worms make my flesh crawl. 我不怕蜘蛛，但是肉虫子让我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。