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名詞

Fear; dread; terror; horror; awe

用例

• 恐れをなす
  to fear―dread―stand in awe of―a person or thing

• 学生はこの入学試験に恐れをなしている
  The students dread the entrance-examination of this school.
• 恐れを為して入学しない
  They are afraid to enter the school.
• 皆あの人に恐れをなしている
  Everybody stands in awe of that man.

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名詞

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Fears, apprehensions, signs（は打消、成句のほかは複数）; danger; chance

用例

• 失敗の虞れは無いか
  Are there any fears of your failing?

• 失敗の虞れがある
  There are fears lest I should fail
  There are some fears of my failing
  I have some fears of failing
  I run a chance of failing.
• 失敗の虞れは無い
  There is no fear of my failing
  I have no fear of failing.
• 失敗の虞れあればなお勉強すべし
  You must work harder, lest you should fail―for fear you may fail―for fear of failing.
• 失敗の虞れあれば警戒す
  Beware lest you should fail!
• 降雨の虞れあり
  There are fears lest it should rain
  There are some fears of its raining
  There is danger lest it should rain
  There is danger of its raining.
• 降雨の虞れあれば各自傘を携帯すべし
  Let everybody take his umbrella will him, lest it should rain―for fear it may rain―for fear of its raining.
• 暴風雨の虞れあり
  There are signs of an approaching storm
  It threatens to blow.
• 暴風雨の虞れあり警戒す
  The public is warned of an approaching storm.
• 流行病蔓延の虞れあり
  There are signs of the epidemic spreading
  The epidemic threatens to spread.
• 流行病蔓延の虞れあれば警戒す
  The public is warned lest the epidemic should spread.
• 余病併発の虞あり
  There are fears of complications arising.
• こんな本は風教を害する虞れがある
  Such books are apt to injure public morals.
• 船は破壊の虞れあり
  The ship is in danger of destruction
  The ship is threatened with destruction
  There is danger lest the ship should be wrecked.
• 亡国の虞れあり
  The country is in danger of being ruined
  The country is threatened with ruin
  There is danger lest the country should go to ruin.

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用例

• 虞れを懐く
  to entertain fears―entertain apprehensions

• 僕は失敗の虞れを懐いている
  I entertain apprehensions of failure
  I am afraid lest I should fail.