lest是什么意思？

lest

英[lest] 美[lɛst]

• conj. 唯恐，以免，惟恐，生怕；

例句

• Let me put down your telephone number lest I forget it. 让我先记下你的电话号码, 以免忘了。
• Be careful lest you (should) fall from the tree. 小心, 不要从树上掉下来。
• I feared lest I should be late again. 我惟恐自己再迟到。
• In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼，可得注意别溺毙。
• How, how , Cordelia ! Mend your speech a little lest you may mar your fortunes. 李尔修正修正你的言辞,否则会毁坏你的命运的.
• Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in. 快关窗户,别让雨点 潲 进来.
• The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him. 总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。
• Always she feared lest some louse had escaped her. 她总是害怕有个虱子逃过了他的惩处.
• Be careful lest you ( should ) fall from the tree. 小心,不要从树上掉下来.
• They decided to retreat lest they would be between two fires. 他们决定撤退,否则就要受两面夹击.

同义词

• conj.
  lest的同义词之：唯恐,免得
  fear, in, that, if, for, perchance, order, to, avoid,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• CONJ-SUBORD
  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.
  例句
  I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me... 我不敢开门，唯恐他还跟着我。 The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him... 总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。

英汉词典释义

• conj.
  （引出产生某种情感的原因）唯恐，担心
  I feared lest I should be late again. 我惟恐自己再迟到。
  免得,以免
  Be careful lest you (should) fall from the tree. 小心, 不要从树上掉下来。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. for fear that;
  "she tiptoed lest her mother should hear her"
  2. that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.);
  "he worried lest he should be late"