afraid是什么意思（afraid的用法）

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一、afraid是什么意思

1、afraid 害怕的

2、affray的形容词形式。

二、afraid的用法

1、afraid (adj.)

2、early 14c., originally past participle of verb afray "frighten," from Anglo-French afrayer, Old French esfreer "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb" (see affray (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired independent standing and thrived while affray faded, and it chased off the once more common afeared. Sense in I'm afraid "I regret to say, I suspect" (without implication of fear) is first recorded 1590s.Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone [Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes," 1820]

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