喜樂美語

From the word’s history

Past participle of Middle English afraien 'to affray', from Old French esfreer 'to disturb the peace'.

是 affray「驚嚇」的過去分詞，源自古法文「奪走安寧」。

Wiktionary

You can picture the cold, tight feeling inside when you sense something bad coming — fear that something may hurt you. The other meanings are this same feeling pointed in different directions: worried about what your own action might cause, worried for someone you care about, and finally a , polite 'I'm afraid' that wraps bad news in that same flinch.

可以想成心裡那股又冷又緊的感覺——你察覺到有壞事要來、怕它傷到你，這就是恐懼。其他幾個意思都是同一種感覺，只是朝不同方向：擔心自己的行為會惹出壞結果、替你在乎的人擔憂，最後連客氣地說壞消息時的那句 I'm afraid，也帶著這同一個「縮一下」的心情。

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

afraidadj/əˈfɹeɪd/

  • 1

    Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

    • He is afraid of death.
    • He is afraid to ask her out.
  • 2

    Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.

    • I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
  • 3

    Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。