alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread

名詞 fear:

1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
   同義詞：fearfulness, fright
2. an anxious feeling
   同義詞：concern, care
3. a profound emotion inspired by a deity
   同義詞：reverence, awe, veneration

動(dòng)詞 fear:

1. be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
2. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
   同義詞：dread
3. be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
4. be uneasy or apprehensive about
5. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
   同義詞：reverence, revere, venerate

1. Hang-gliding holds no fears for her.
   她一點(diǎn)也不害怕懸掛式滑翔。
2. Do not fear; I will support you.
   別擔(dān)心，我會(huì)支持你的。
3. She has a great fear of fire.
   她對(duì)火有恐懼感。

fear

n.（名詞）

A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
憂(yōu)慮感：因危險(xiǎn)的出現(xiàn)或迫近而產(chǎn)生的不安或焦慮的情緒
A state or condition marked by this feeling:
憂(yōu)慮：此種情緒的狀態(tài)或情況：
例句：
living in fear.
生活在憂(yōu)慮之中

A feeling of disquiet or apprehension:
擔(dān)心：不安靜或憂(yōu)慮的情緒：
例句：
a fear of looking foolish.
擔(dān)心看起來(lái)愚蠢

Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power.
敬畏，懼怕：對(duì)最高力量極端的尊敬與崇拜
A reason for dread or apprehension:
害怕或不安的原因：
例句：
Being alone is my greatest fear.
我最怕一個(gè)人獨(dú)處

v.（動(dòng)詞）
feared,fear.ing,fears
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To be afraid or frightened of.
害怕，驚嚇
To be uneasy or apprehensive about:
為…擔(dān)心，為…不安：
例句：
feared the test results.
為考試結(jié)果擔(dān)心

To be in awe of; revere.
害怕；尊敬
To consider probable; expect:
恐怕：認(rèn)為可能；希望：
例句：
I fear you are wrong. I fear I have bad news for you.
我認(rèn)為你錯(cuò)了?？峙挛矣袀€(gè)壞消息給你

Archaic To feel fear within (oneself).
【古語(yǔ)】 內(nèi)心恐懼
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be afraid.
害怕
To be uneasy or apprehensive.
擔(dān)心：心神不安；憂(yōu)慮

來(lái)源：
Middle English fer
中古英語(yǔ) fer
from Old English fôr [danger, sudden calamity] * see per- 3
源自 古英語(yǔ) fôr [危險(xiǎn)，突然的不幸] *參見(jiàn) per- 3

【引伸】
fear.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>fear,fright,dread,terror,horror,panic,alarm,dismay,consternation,trepidationThese nouns all denote the agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
這些名詞都含有因危險(xiǎn)的出現(xiàn)或迫近而引起的不安和焦慮之意。
Fear is the most general term:
Fear 是最常見(jiàn)的詞 ：
例句：
fear of change;
害怕變化；

例句：
fear of flying;
害怕飛行；

例句：
fear of death.
怕死。

例句：
.Fear is the parent of cruelty. (J.A. Froude).
.恐懼是殘忍之母. (J·A·弗洛伊德）。

Fright is sudden, usually momentary fear characterized by great agitation:
Fright 是伴有極大不安的突然，通常是暫時(shí)的恐懼：
例句：
In her fright she forgot to lock the door.
她因害怕而忘記了鎖門(mén)。

Dread is strong fear of something impending, especially of what one is powerless to avoid:
Dread 是對(duì)某種逼近的東西的強(qiáng)烈恐懼，特指那些人無(wú)力避免的：
例句：
He looked forward with dread to the scheduled surgery.
他滿(mǎn)懷恐懼地等待著日程內(nèi)的手術(shù)。

Terror is intense, overpowering fear:
Terror 是強(qiáng)烈的、無(wú)法抗拒的恐懼：
例句：
.the weapon which most readily conquers reason: terror and violence. (Adolf Hitler).
.準(zhǔn)備好了要壓倒理性的武器：恐懼和暴力. （阿爾道夫·希特勒）。

Horror is a combination of fear and aversion or repugnance:
Horror 是恐懼與厭惡、反感的混合：
例句：
Murder arouses widespread horror.
謀殺引起了廣泛的恐懼。

Panic is sudden frantic fear, often groundless:
Panic 是突然狂亂的恐懼，通常是沒(méi)有根據(jù)的：
例句：
The fire caused a panic among the horses.
火災(zāi)引起了馬群的驚慌。

例句：
Rumors of the President`s illness resulted in panic on the world stock markets.
關(guān)于總統(tǒng)病情的流言引起了世界股票市場(chǎng)的恐慌。

Alarm is fright aroused by the first realization of danger:
Alarm 是已意識(shí)到危險(xiǎn)時(shí)引起的恐慌：
例句：
I watched with alarm as the current carried the raft and its passengers toward the dam.
我驚恐地看著激流帶著小木筏和乘客沖向水壩。

Dismay is apprehension that robs one of courage or the power to act effectively:
Dismay 指使某人失去勇氣或進(jìn)行有效行動(dòng)力量的恐慌：
例句：
The appearance of a comet caused universal dismay in the ancient world.
在古代，彗星的出現(xiàn)引起普遍的恐慌。

Consternation is a state of often paralyzing dismay characterized by confusion and helplessness:
Consternation 通常指伴有混亂和無(wú)助等特點(diǎn)的癱瘓性恐慌狀態(tài)：
例句：
Consternation spread throughout the city as the invading army approached.
當(dāng)侵略軍逼近時(shí)恐慌蔓延了整個(gè)城市。

Trepidation is dread characteristically marked by trembling or hesitancy:
Trepidation 是帶有顫抖和猶豫特點(diǎn)的恐懼：
例句：
.They were . . . full of trepidation about things that were never likely to happen. (John Morley).
.他們對(duì)那些從不曾想過(guò)會(huì)發(fā)生的事情充滿(mǎn)了恐懼. （約翰·莫利）

<注釋>Old Englishfôr, the ancestor of our word fear, meant .calamity, disaster,.but not the emotion engendered by such an event.This is in line with the meaning of the prehistoric Common Germanic word.fôraz, .danger,. which is the source of words with similar senses in other Germanic languages,such as Old Saxon and Old High Germanf3r, .ambush, danger,. and Old Icelandic f3r, .treachery, damage.. Scholars, in fact, have determined the form and meaning of Germanic.fôraz by working backward from the forms and the meanings of its descendants. The most important cause of the change of meaning in the wordfear was probably the existence in Old English of the related verb fôran, which meant .to terrify, take by surprise.. Fear is first recorded in Middle English with the sense .emotion of fear. in a work composed around 290.
古英語(yǔ)fôr 是 fear 的前身， 意為.不幸，災(zāi)難.，而不是因不幸或?yàn)?zāi)難引起的情緒。這符合史前普通日耳曼詞feraz 的意思.危險(xiǎn)的.， 是其他日耳曼語(yǔ)言中有相近意思的詞的起源，如古撒克遜語(yǔ)和古高地德語(yǔ)far， .埋伏，危險(xiǎn)，.和古冰島語(yǔ) far .挖掘，破壞.。 事實(shí)上，學(xué)者們已經(jīng)通過(guò)對(duì)它的衍生詞的形式和意思的反向研究決定德語(yǔ)feraz 的形式和意思。 引起詞語(yǔ)fear 變化的最重要原因可能是古英語(yǔ)中相關(guān)動(dòng)詞 fôran的存在， 意為.害怕，被驚奇抓住。. Fear 第一次在中世紀(jì)英語(yǔ)作為.害怕的情緒.被記錄下來(lái)是在一部約290年左右創(chuàng)作的作品中