conj.(连词)

1. 唯恐，担心，因恐
2. 以免，免得
3. 用在表示"担心"，"恐惧"等词之后

conj.(连词)

1. 唯恐 for fear that
2. 免得 in order that...not;in case

形容词 l:

1. being ten more than forty

1.唯恐；免得
If you do somethinglest something unpleasant should happen, you do it to try to prevent the unpleasant thing from happening.

e.g. I was afraid to open the doorlest he should follow me...
我不敢开门，唯恐他还跟着我。
e.g. The president has gone along with the hardlinerslest they be tempted to oust him...
总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。

1. 惟恐,免得：less 更少的,更小的,其次的 |lest 惟恐,免得 | load 装(载),装货

They spoke in whispers lest they should be heard.

他们低声说话，唯恐被别人听见。

He took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he returned.

为了预防回来以前天就黑了，所以他带着手电筒。

I got up early lest I should miss the train.

我早起以免错过了火车。

We talked in a low voice lest we should wake the baby up.

我们小声说话以免吵醒婴儿。

I was afraid lest the new car should be stolen.

我担心新汽车会被偷走。

He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob.

他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。

She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.

她担心她泄露得太多了。

I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me...

我不敢开门，唯恐他还跟着我。

The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him...

总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。

You ought to ( should ) be patient and keep calm lest you should quarrel with him.

你 理当 忍耐并且维持冷静,唯恐和他争吵.

Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.

同我们的朋友和同盟国一起, 我们会把握形势变化, 以避免我们被吞没.

And absolutely no dog jokes, lest she aspersions on Chinese eating habits.

而且绝对不要说狗的笑话, 以免她中伤中国人的饮食习惯.

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

你们要谨防,恐怕希西家劝导你们说, 耶和华必要拯救我们.

She keeps an admirer, longed for by Iben, in reserve lest she is dumped.

尽管Malene的腿因关节炎半跛, 但她美艳动人,有一位英俊的男友.

He covered his face with his hand lest he shall be photograph.

他用手遮面以免被人拍照.

KJV lest he that heareth it put thee to shame , and thine infamy turn not away.

[新译]恐怕听见的人辱骂你, 你的恶名就不能脱掉.

lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

免得有人说,你们是奉我的名受洗.

Never ignore a subterranean gate, lest you allow an enemy to approach unseen.

千万不要忽视地下城入口, 以免被敌人突然袭击.

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

12他们要用手托着你, 免得你的脚碰在石头上.

They decided to retreat lest they would be between two fires.

他们决定撤退,否则就要受两面夹击.

He extra polite to his superiors lest something adverse might be written into his records.

他对上级格外殷勤,生怕档案里记上对他不利的东西.

Be careful lest you fall from that tree.

要当心,以免从树上摔下来.

Be careful lest you ( should ) fall from the tree.

小心,不要从树上掉下来.

I'll remind him lest he should forget it.

怕他忘记,我会提醒他的.

Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.

快关窗户,别让雨点 潲 进来.

Read in a good light lest It'should hurt your eyes.

到明处来看书,免得搞坏了视力.

I feared lest I should be late again.

我惟恐自己再迟到.

Let me put down your telephone number lest I forget it.

让我先记下你的电话号码,以免忘了.

While they have not got their aims , their anxiety is how to get them ; when they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them.

其未得之也, 患得之; 既得之, 患失之.

I stayed in lest I should catch cold.

我怕伤风,所以呆在屋里.

They spoke in whispers lest they should be heard.

他们低声耳语惟恐被人听见.

I fear lest we commit an inexcusable blunder.

我为我们会犯不可原谅的错误而担忧.

He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob.

他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。

And, lest we forget, Einstein wrote his most influential papers while working as a clerk.

大家不要忘记，爱因斯坦最有影响力的论文还是当文员的时候写的。

1. I feared lest I should be late again.
   我唯恐自己再迟到。
2. I ran as fast as possible lest I should be too late.
   我尽量快跑,免得迟到。
3. Be careful lest you (should) fall from the tree.
   小心,不要从树上掉下来。

• lest">for lest生怕(唯恐

• Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.

  出自：R. Kipling

• She drew in her breath lest he should hear it now.

  出自：M. Sinclair

conj.(连词)

1. lest是从属连词,意为“以免,唯恐”。常用于引导目的状语从句表示否定,只用于书面语。lest在表示“惊恐”“忧虑”的动词后引导宾语从句,相当于that。
2. lest所引导的从句中谓语动词要用虚拟式,即“(should+)动词原形”。

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的短语les te，意为唯恐。