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惟恐

[wéi kǒng]

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Definition:
AllAll,for fear thatfor fear that,lestlest,for fear offor fear of,be afraid of doingbe afraid of doing,wQi kMngwQi kMng
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1.
Riding the wind, there I would fly, Yet I'm afraid the crystalline palace would be Too high and cold for me.
我欲乘风归去，惟恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。
wǒ yù chéng fēng guī qù , wéi kǒng qióng lóu yù yǔ , gāo chù bú shèng hán 。
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2.
eg. People were asked to leave the building at once lest the wall should collapse.
人们被告知立刻离开这幢大楼惟恐墙壁倒塌。
rén men bèi gào zhī lì kè lí kāi zhè zhuàng dà lóu wéi kǒng qiáng bì dǎo tā 。
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3.
Harry had never been inside Filch's office before; it was a place most students avoided.
哈利以前从未进过费尔奇的办公室，大多数学生对这个地方避之惟恐不及。
hā lì yǐ qián cóng wèi jìn guò fèi ěr qí de bàn gōng shì , dà duō shù xué shēng duì zhè ge dì fang bì zhī wéi kǒng bù jí 。
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4.
But she did not turn her eyes either to right or to left, for fear of seeing things in the branches and in the brushwood .
她的眼睛既不向右望，也不向左望，惟恐看到树枝和草丛里有什么东西。
tā de yǎn jing jì bù xiàng yòu wàng , yě bù xiàng zuǒ wàng , wéi kǒng kàn dào shù zhī hé cǎo cóng lǐ yǒu shén me dōng xi 。
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5.
He sat in the front row, with his mouth half open, his head thrust forward so as not to miss any word.
他坐在前排，半张着嘴，伸长脖子惟恐听漏一字。
tā zuò zài qián pái , bàn zhāng zhe zuǐ , shēn cháng bó zǐ wéi kǒng tīng lòu yī zì 。
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6.
And yet our prayer so often consists in the utterance of our thoughts of what we need, that we give God no time to speak to us.
然而人还是习惯在祷告时喋喋不休，惟恐上帝听不懂我们的话，以致没时间留给上帝，让祂对我们说话。
rán ér rén hái shì xí guàn zài dǎo gào shí dié dié bù xiū , wéi kǒng shàng dì tīng bù dǒng wǒ men de huà , yǐ zhì méi shí jiān liú gěi shàng dì , ràng tā duì wǒ men shuō huà 。
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7.
They may have thought he was afraid to go there in case he failed to win converts in such a wicked place.
言下之意，似乎是质疑保罗不敢前往罗马，惟恐自己不能在这个罪恶之都引领人归主。
yán xià zhī yì , sì hū shì zhì yí bǎo luó bù gǎn qián wǎng luó mǎ , wéi kǒng zì jǐ bù néng zài zhè ge zuì è zhī dōu yǐn lǐng rén guī zhǔ 。
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8.
Phil's dad, however, spent most of his time trying to protect himself and his family. Afraid to.
然而非尔的老爸，花大量时间保护自己和他的家庭。惟恐工作职位不稳定。
rán ér fēi ěr de lǎo bà , huā dà liàng shí jiān bǎo hù zì jǐ hé tā de jiā tíng 。 wéi kǒng gōng zuò zhí wèi bù wěn dìng 。
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9.
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
惟恐这事越发传扬在民间，我们必须恐吓他们，叫他们不再奉这名对人讲论。
wéi kǒng zhè shì yuè fā chuán yáng zài mín jiān , wǒ men bì xū kǒng hè tā men , jiào tā men bú zài fèng zhè míng duì rén jiǎng lùn 。
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10.
In our civilization, men are ~ that they will not be men enough and women are ~ that they might be considered only women.
在我们的文明中，男人惟恐自己不够男子气，女人则担心自己会只被视为女人。
zài wǒ men de wén míng zhōng , nán rén wéi kǒng zì jǐ bú gòu nán zǐ qì , nǚ rén zé dān xīn zì jǐ huì zhǐ bèi shì wéi nǚ rén 。
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