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lest

/lest/ /lest/
  • conj.
    以免,避免;唯恐,担心
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词语例句

  1. 以免,避免conj.

    六级
    • And, lest we forget, Einstein wrote his most influential papers while working as a clerk.

      而且,为了不使我们忘记,爱因斯坦在做小职员的时候写了他最有影响的论文。

    • For hundreds of millions of years, turtles have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were volunteers to hand carry the hatchlings down to the water's edge lest they become disoriented by headlights.

      数百亿年,海龟一直努力在大海沙滩上产卵,很久以前就有志愿者手携带幼仔到水边以免它们受车灯干扰,迷失方向。

  2. 唯恐,担心conj.

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

      我当时害怕打开那个门惟恐他跟踪我。

  1. Prithee master thy tongue, lest we be all beaten till we die!
    请你管好你的舌头,免得我们都挨打,直到死!
  2. Boil the oil soiled by the coil in the toilet lest it spoils.
    把被盥洗室里的线圈弄脏的油煮开,以免变质。
  3. "That is not Michael," she said quickly, lest a judgment should fall on her.
    “那不是迈克尔。”她赶快说,以免判决落在她身上。

网络短语

  • Just One Lest Dance
    最后一支舞;演唱莎拉;最初一支舞
  • Lest We Forget
    永志不忘;我们不能忘记;以免我们忘记;唯恐我们忘记
  • lest should
    以免
  • Lest plate
    试验钢板
  • lest go
    免得去

词义分布

以免
53.1%
免得
27.7%
唯恐
9.2%
生怕
5.8%
惟恐
4.2%

词源

  • lest唯恐,以免
    来自古英语短语les te,少于某某的情况下,les,即less,te,即that.比较unless,despite.