conj.惟恐；以免；擔心
/">成人英語成人高考專升本單詞大全conj.(連詞)唯恐，擔心，因恐
以免，免得
用在表示"擔心"，"恐懼"等詞之后
conj.(連詞)唯恐 for fear that
免得 in order that...not;in case
1. 唯恐；免得
If you do something lest something unpleasant should happen, you do it to try to prevent the unpleasant thing from happening.
e.g. I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me...
我不敢開門，唯恐他還跟著我。
e.g. The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him...
總統同意了強硬派的意見，以免他們產生趕他下臺的念頭。
1. 惟恐,免得：less 更少的,更小的,其次的 | lest 惟恐,免得 | load 裝(載),裝貨
conj.(連詞)lest是從屬連詞,意為“以免,唯恐”。常用于引導目的狀語從句表示否定,只用于書面語。lest在表示“驚恐”“憂慮”的動詞后引導賓語從句,相當于that。
lest所引導的從句中謂語動詞要用虛擬式,即“(should+)動詞原形”。
☆ 直接源自中古英語的短語les te，意為唯恐。
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語lest是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。
Boil the oil soiled by the coil in the toilet lest it spoils.(把被盥洗室里的線圈弄臟的油煮開，以免變質。)
But granny would always scold us, lest we should fall down.(奶奶總是要罵的，害怕我們摔下來。)
Senators and representatives use private elevators, lest they have to queue with their constituents.(參議員和眾議員會使用私人電梯，以免他們要和選民一起排隊。)
They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth.(他們應該盡快回復讀者來信，以免有關動物權利的錯誤信息大行其道，披上真理的騙人外衣。)
She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.(她擔心她泄露得太多了。)
Hook felt a gloomy desire to make his dying speech, lest presently there should be no time for it.(胡克有一種沮喪的欲望，想發表他的臨終遺言，唯恐馬上就沒有時間了。)
I got up early lest I should miss the train.(我起得早以免誤火車。)
Take your umbrella with you, lest it should rain.(帶上你的傘，以防下雨。)
I closed the Windows lest it should rain.(我關上窗戶惟恐下雨。)
But lest you be unaware, they aren't the only three.(但是也許您不知道，并不是只有它們三個。)
用作連詞(conj.)
I feared lest I should be late again.Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.