| 釋義 |
estconj. for fear that,for fear怕的是，只怕。
△H.V.2.2.45: “Let him be punished,sovereign,lestexample Breed,by his sufferance,more of such akind.”讓他受到懲罰吧，皇上，要不然對他太寬縱了，此例 一開，怕還會產(chǎn)生出更多同類的事來。
△Mac.2.4.38: “Lest ourold robes sit easier than our new!”i.e. For fear thatwe should find the new order of things turns out to beworse for us than the old. 只怕我們的新衣服不及舊的舒服。(按：麥克德夫擔(dān)心蘇格蘭國勢惡化。)
lest that: for fear that,in order that not怕的是，免得。
△ 3H.VI.1.1.98: “Urge it no more,lest that,in-stead of words,/ I send thee,Warwick,such amessenger / As shall revenge his death before I stir.”別再說了，沃里克，不然的話，我不用費話，也不必動手，只消派一個兇神惡煞的使者就為我父親報了仇。 |