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lest

英 [lest] 美 [lest]

释义

conj.
〈正式〉以免
网络
免得;唯恐;惟恐
展开详细释义

conj.

1.〈正式〉以免,免得,唯恐

在例句中理解 32 句

  1. Lyndon Johnson had Congress levy a Vietnam War surtax lest the growing debt from the war and the Great Society get out of hand.

    林顿·约翰逊迫使国会增收越战附加税,导致战争债务上升,“伟大社会”计划失控。

  2. But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.

    然而我为了我的名,没有这样作,免得我的名在异民前受亵渎,因为我曾在异民眼前将他们引领出来。

  3. Darcy only smiled, and the general pause which ensued made Elizabeth tremble lest her mother should be exposing herself again.

    达西只笑了一下,接着大伙儿都沉默了一阵子,这时候伊丽莎白很是着急,怕她母亲又要出丑。

  4. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

    不可辱没你的女儿,使她为娼妓,恐怕地上的人专向淫乱,地就满了大恶。

  5. To be truly secure, the reports must be kept offline in some sort of secure location, lest the hacker tamper with the report.

    要真正安全的,报告必须保持在安全的位置某种离线的,以免黑客篡改的报告。

  6. Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

    我们既蒙留下有进入他安息的应许,就当畏惧,免得我们中间,(我们原文作你们)或有人似乎是赶不上了。

  7. and her chief anxiety was lest Mansfield should not satisfy the habits of a young woman who had been mostly used to London.

    她主要担心的是,一个在伦敦待惯了的年轻女士来曼斯菲尔德就怕过不惯。

  8. in fact, it had become quite a habit with me of not being too attentive to women lest they come toppling, bloodripe, into my cold lap.

    实际上,我几乎养成了不过意留心妇人的习惯,以免她们飘飘然、满面通红地坐到我冰冷的腿上。

  9. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

    总要趁着还有今日,天天彼此相劝,免得你们中间,有人被罪迷惑,心里就刚硬了。

  10. But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you be found to be even fighters against God.

    若是出于神,你们就不能毁坏他们,恐怕你们倒要显为是攻击神了。

  11. Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

    我们既蒙留下,有进入他安息的应许,就当畏惧,免得我们(原文是你们)中间或有人似乎是赶不上了。

  12. If your priority, then, is to get him the help he seems to need, tread very carefully lest you push him further back into silence.

    如果你的首要任务是要提供给他必要的帮助,你一定要小心对待他,以免把他再一次推向沉默。

  13. Fraud may I just leave home today, just call to my head, among the loopholes, had to call interrupts lest be found.

    可能诈骗人没想到我今天正好休假在家,就正好拨打到我的头上了,结果中间漏洞百出,就只好挂电话中断以免被识破。

  14. She was afraid of her father, lest some unseemly things should happen, but did not know exactly what to do.

    珍妮害怕她父亲,唯恐闹出不好看的事儿来,可是她不知道怎么样才好。

  15. He took an umbrella with him lest it should rain.

    他带上雨伞以免下雨。

  16. hence with us and heretics the very words ought not to be in common, lest we seem to countenance their error.

    故此,我们和异端所使用的文字不应该一致,免得我们像是在支持他们的错误。

  17. He took his umbrella with him lest it rain.

    他带了雨伞,以防下雨。

  18. Heb. 4: 1 Let us fear therefore, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

    来四1所以,我们应当畏惧,免得那进入他安息的应许,虽然留给我们,你们中间却有人像是赶不上了。

  19. Businesses' worst excesses must be restrained lest the public turn against the American capitalist system, Roosevelt and his allies argued.

    罗斯福及其同盟者主张必须限制企业最过分的无节制行为,以免公众转而反对美国的资本主义制度。

  20. Chew your words, lest you choke You better watch your mouth Wash it out with soap.

    咀嚼你的话,免得你呛更好,你看你的嘴,用肥皂。

  21. Particularly, I was more cautious of firing my gun, lest any of them, being on the island, should happen to hear of it.

    特别在放枪的时候,我更是小心翼翼,生怕岛上有什么人碰巧听见枪声。

  22. Let me assure you that this will not lead to price increases lest some of you worry a lot.

    我向你们保证这不会导致价格上升,这样你们就不会担心太多了。

  23. She said in the height of her trauma, she took pictures with the camera on her mobile phone, lest people should not believe her later.

    她说她用手机拍摄了她遭受严重外伤的照片,以免之后人们不相信她。

  24. Ask her to lengthen the leash, lest you start seeing her as a restraint to happiness rather than the source of it.

    建议他把链条放长一点,免得你把它看做是幸福的一种约束力而非源泉。

  25. Moreover he must enjoy a good reputation among the outsiders, lest people speak evil about him and he fall into the snare of the devil.

    并且在外人中也必须有好声望,怕他遭人诽谤,落入魔鬼的罗网。

  26. He took his raincoat with him lest it should rain.

    他带了雨衣,怕下雨。

  27. He did not tell his father about the exam result lest he get mad at him.

    他没把考试结果告诉父亲,以免父亲对他发火。

  28. During that case the paper admitted it had not sought comment from him prior to publication, lest he seek a gagging order.

    那起案子中,未免他寻求言论禁止令,报纸一方承认未能事前向莫斯利征求意见。

  29. Lest anyone(should)worry that this will lead to price increases, let me reassure them that it will not.

    为避免有人担心这样会导致物价上涨,我谨再次向他们保证绝对不会有这种事(发生)。

  30. He took a raincoat with him lest it should rain .

    他带上了雨衣以防下雨。

  31. She turned away from the window lest anyone see them.

    她转身离开窗边,免得有人看见他们。

  32. He paused, afraid lest he say too much.

    他停顿下来,唯恐说得太多。

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