afraid

• adj.恐れを抱く；恐れる；危惧する

affrayの形容詞形。

afraid (adj.)

early 14c., originally past participle of verb afray "frighten," from Anglo-French afrayer, Old French esfreer "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb" (see affray (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired independent standing and thrived while affray faded, and it chased off the once more common afeared. Sense in I'm afraid "I regret to say, I suspect" (without implication of fear) is first recorded 1590s.

Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone [Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes," 1820]

1. She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her.

彼女はかつてない恐怖を感じた。

2. "I'm afraid he's ill." — "I'm sorry to hear that.「

「彼は病気かもしれない。」——「残念だ。」

3.Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism？

なぜ大学のような人材が集まるコミュニティは虚無主義を恐れるのか。

4.I was afraid you 'd simply feel we were imposing on you.

私はあなたが私たちが無理をしていると思うのではないかと心配しています。

5.Aren 't you afraid of being seen as a righteous crusader？

気取った改革者と見なされることを恐れない？