Lest
[lest] or [lɛst]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To listen.
(n.) Lust; desire; pleasure.
(a.) Last; least.
(a.) For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
(a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
整理:内莉
同義詞及近義詞:
conj. That not, for fear that.
整理:贾丝廷
解釋/意思:
conj. that not: for fear that.
v.i. (Spens.) to listen.
編輯:维尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- I was determined not to open my lips, lest my voice should betray me to Berkeley Craven. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Lest any man think I mean to be ill-natured when I talk about our pilgrims as I have been talking, I wish to say in all sincerity that I do not. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I was afraid to put it off till next day (the Friday); being in doubt lest some accident might happen in the interval. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The troubles she has had here have wearied her, said Lydgate, breaking off again, lest he should say too much. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I am harassed with the girl, and yet I cannot part with her lest I should get a worse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- That's why I told him to look out, lest she brought an action against him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Riderhood had looked hard at his hands and his pockets, apparently as a precautionary measure lest he should have any weapon about him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- After tea he said we should neither of us leave him that evening; he would not let us stray out of his sight, lest we should again get into mischief. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I was in a great fright lest I should lose my supper. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I had been the author of unalterable evils; and I lived in daily fear, lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The anxious terror in which Mr. Hale lived lest his son should be detected and captured, far out-weighed the pleasure he derived from his presence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Hence I feel a reluctance to approach the subject, lest our aspiration, my dear friend, should turn out to be a dream only. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- This I delivered in a firm tone, like a person who was jealous lest his courage should be called in question. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Let not day look on these lines, lest garish day waste, turn pale, and die. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- My dread was lest he should turn his head, and see her too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He locked the door lest the ladies should surprise him and insist upon knowing what he was doing with these names and coins. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Lydgate was madly anxious about her affection, and jealous lest any other man than himself should win it and ask her to marry him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And now we are near the spot; let us draw in and surround the cover and watch with all our eyes, lest justice should slip away and escape. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It was as though she knew that her baby was frail and delicate and feared lest the rough hands of her fellows might injure the little thing. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But now each seemed fearful lest the fatal moment should pass, while the choice was yet undecided. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I do not say heaven, lest you should fancy that I am playing upon the name ('ourhanoz, orhatoz'). 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- First he would accept and live the old Hellenic life, then he would refuse, lest such life should lack the sharp, salt flavor of modern existence. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As the last officer went down he thought it was time that he returned to his wife lest some members of the crew find her alone below. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He whose prisoner thou art scorns to take mean revenge for what is paSt. But beware of the future, lest a worse thing befall thee. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But she sat silent, as if thinking over what he had said, and he grew frightened lest she should answer that she wondered too. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- To-morrow we will see Robert, and be of good cheer; but I will say no more, lest I should begin to cry too. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I had spent days of anxiety lest each morning should bring the report that the enemy had retreated the night before. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- She seemed afraid lest some intruder should take a seat she apparently wished to reserve next her own. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
編輯:维尔玛