英语：词汇详解：afraid固定搭配及用法

　　1 . be afraid of sth 害怕某事。如：

　　Are you afraid of dogs? 你害狗吗?

　　There’s nothing to be afraid of. 没什么可害怕的。

　　比较：

　　He is afraid of her. 他怕她。

　　He is afraid with her. 跟她在一起时，他很害怕。

　　2 . be afraid of doing sth

　　担心会发生某事或某情况。如：

　　She was afraid of waking her husband. 她怕吵醒她丈夫。

　　I was afraid of hurting her feelings. 我怕伤害她的感情。

　　注：be afraid of doing sth 表示担心会发生某事或某情况时，其后也可用 be afraid that 替换。如：

　　He was afraid of losing face. =He was afraid he’d lose face. 他怕失面子。

　　害怕做某事或不敢做某事。如：

　　I’m afraid of telling her. 我不敢告诉她。

　　He was afraid of jumping. 他不敢跳。

　　3 . be afraid to do sth 害怕做某事或不敢做某事。如：

　　He was afraid to fly in a plane. 他不敢坐飞机。

　　He was afraid to go into the house and meet his father. 他不敢进屋去见他父亲。

　　注：以上两类句型的异同之处：表示担心会发生某事或某情况，只能用 be afraid of doing sth, 而表示害怕做某事或不敢做某事等，则两者都可用。如：

　　Don’t be afraid to ask [of asking] question. 不要害怕问问题。

　　He is afraid to go out [of going out] alone at night. 他不敢晚上一个人出去。