昨天，一个同学跟外教说: 我讨厌冬天，因为我怕冷； 把外教说楞了？冷是一种感觉，是对天气的感知？怎么个“害怕”法？今天我们就来讲一讲，如何用英文表达各种“怕”!

NO.1不怕冷

Notafraid of the cold. X

The cold doesn't bother me. √

afraid of 可以表达

因为胆子小，怯懦，

才产生的"怕”

例句：

Everyone seems to be afraid of her.

每个人似乎都很怕她.

Many children are afraid of the dark.

很多孩子都怕黑.

怕冷，怕热外国人这么说：

The hot doesn't bother me.

热不会让我烦恼（我不怕热）

I don't mind the cold.

我不介意冷 （我不怕冷）

NO.2各种"害怕"的英文表达

NO.1fear

情绪上的害怕

例句：

Fear of failure

害怕失败

I have a fear of heights.

我恐高

NO.2scare

突然让某人感到害怕

例句：

The dog scared us.

这个狗（惊）吓到我了。

He was driving fast just to scare us.

他开车开得太快了，都吓到我们了。

NO.3terror

极度害怕或者恐惧

（名词形式）

例句：

We lived in terror of our father when he was drinking.

我们生活在父亲的恐惧之下，尤其是他喝酒的时候。

NO.4fright

突然间感到的害怕

（名词形式）

You naughty boy, you gave me such a fright.

你这调皮鬼，吓了我一跳。

NO.3外国人也有“妻管严”

妻管严= hen-pecked

例句：

A:Sorry, I cannot go to the bar today, my wife is at home, she will be unhappy.

不好意思各位，今天不能去酒吧了，我老婆在家，她会不高兴的。

B：You are really a hen-pecked husband.

哦，原来你是“妻管严”.