形容詞afraid 的用法

　　afraid 的基本意思是"懼怕,害怕,不敢",有四種用法:

　　1.be afraid of something 害怕

　　Don't be afraid of the dog. 別害怕那只狗。

　　2.與of 連用，be afraid of doing something.“害怕某事發(fā)生”

　　表示可能會(huì)有不好的事情發(fā)生(如事故),不是有目的做某事。

　　I don't like dogs. I'am always afraid of being bitten.

　　我不喜歡狗。我經(jīng)常害怕被狗咬。

　　I was afraid to go near the dog because I was afraid of being bitten.

　　我不敢接近狗，因?yàn)槲遗卤还芬А?/p>

　　3.與動(dòng)詞不定式連用, be afraid to do something.“不敢做某式”

　　不想做這件事情，因?yàn)樗芪ｋU(xiǎn)，或結(jié)果可能不好。它表示有目的做某事。

　　A lot of people are afraid to go out at night.

　　許多人不敢晚上出去。

　　4.在給某人不愉快的信息時(shí),通常用I'am afraid,后接從句

　　I'm afraid I have some rather bad news for you.

　　恐怕我給你帶來(lái)了壞消息。