英汉词典

lest 基本解释

• conj. 唯恐，以免；担心

lest 中文词源

来自古英语短语les te,少于某某的情况下，les,即less,te,即that.比较unless,despite.

lest 英文词源

lest (conj.)

c. 1200, contracted from Middle English phrase les te "less that," from Old English phrase þy læs þe "whereby less that," from þy, instrumental case of demonstrative article þæt "that" + læs (see less) + þe "the." The þy was dropped and the remaining two words contracted into leste.

lest 英文释义

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"

lest 双语例句

1. He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob.

他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。

来自《权威词典》

2. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Be careful lest you ( should ) fall from the tree.

小心,不要从树上掉下来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.

快关窗户,别让雨点 潲 进来.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

lest 实用场景例句

He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob.

他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。

牛津词典

She was afraid lest she had revealed too much.

她担心她泄露得太多了。

牛津词典

I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me...

我不敢开门，唯恐他还跟着我。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You ought to ( should ) be patient and keep calm lest you should quarrel with him.

你 理当 忍耐并且维持冷静,唯恐和他争吵.

期刊摘选

Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.

同我们的朋友和同盟国一起, 我们会把握形势变化, 以避免我们被吞没.

期刊摘选

And absolutely no dog jokes, lest she aspersions on Chinese eating habits.

而且绝对不要说狗的笑话, 以免她中伤中国人的饮食习惯.

期刊摘选

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

你们要谨防,恐怕希西家劝导你们说, 耶和华必要拯救我们.

期刊摘选

She keeps an admirer, longed for by Iben, in reserve lest she is dumped.

尽管Malene的腿因关节炎半跛, 但她美艳动人,有一位英俊的男友.

期刊摘选

He covered his face with his hand lest he shall be photograph.

他用手遮面以免被人拍照.

期刊摘选

KJV Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame , and thine infamy turn not away.

[新译]恐怕听见的人辱骂你, 你的恶名就不能脱掉.

期刊摘选

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

免得有人说,你们是奉我的名受洗.

期刊摘选

Never ignore a subterranean gate, lest you allow an enemy to approach unseen.

千万不要忽视地下城入口, 以免被敌人突然袭击.

期刊摘选

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

12他们要用手托着你, 免得你的脚碰在石头上.

期刊摘选

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.

《简明英汉词典》

He extra polite to his superiors lest something adverse might be written into his records.

他对上级格外殷勤,生怕档案里记上对他不利的东西.

期刊摘选

Be careful lest you fall from that tree.

要当心,以免从树上摔下来.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Be careful lest you ( should ) fall from the tree.

小心,不要从树上掉下来.

《简明英汉词典》

I'll remind him lest he should forget it.

怕他忘记,我会提醒他的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.

快关窗户,别让雨点 潲 进来.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Read in a good light lest It'should hurt your eyes.

到明处来看书,免得搞坏了视力.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I feared lest I should be late again.

我惟恐自己再迟到.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

While they have not got their aims , their anxiety is how to get them ; when they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them.

其未得之也, 患得之; 既得之, 患失之.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I stayed in lest I should catch cold.

我怕伤风,所以呆在屋里.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

They spoke in whispers lest they should be heard.

他们低声耳语惟恐被人听见.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I fear lest we commit an inexcusable blunder.

我为我们会犯不可原谅的错误而担忧.

《简明英汉词典》

He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob.

他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

And, lest we forget, Einstein wrote his most influential papers while working as a clerk.

大家不要忘记，爱因斯坦最有影响力的论文还是当文员的时候写的。

柯林斯例句