fearful

1. ADJ If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it. 害怕的[正式]

Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis. 銀行家們害怕會有一場世界性的銀行業(yè)危機。

2. ADJ You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is. 極嚴重的; 極糟糕的[正式] [ADJ n]

The region is in a fearful recession. 該地區(qū)処於極嚴重的經濟衰退中。