be frightened of

基本解释

Mr Holzer was keen to tell Americans that ghosts were nothing to be frightened of.
菏泽尔先生热衷于跟美国人说幽灵没什么好怕的。
In Britain half of women and a fifth of men are thought to be frightened of spiders, irrespective of whether they are dangerous or not。
因为在英国，有半数女人以及20%的男人都害怕蜘蛛，不管他们是否觉得蜘蛛危险与否，他们似乎天生就害怕那种活物。
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You may be frightened of rejection or you may be under the influence of perfectionism; both motivations can cause you to not even try and reach out for fear of failing or being seen as a failure.
B 你可能害怕求助的时候被拒绝，或者你受完美主义理论影响至深，两者都会导致你甚至连尝试一下求助都不敢，因为你会担心失败，或担心被看成失败者；

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You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature.
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But the victims of both kinds of stalker may be as frightened as those threatened physically.
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