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afraid, scared 相同点 两者均可作“害怕的” 作表语： 例如：Don’t be afraid. 别害怕。 She is afraid to go out alone. 她不敢独自出去。 They were afraid/scared at the strange noise. 他们听到奇怪的声音后感到害怕。 其后均可接of 例如：I was afraid/scared of the big dog. 我害怕这只大狗。 不同点 afraid 指心灵为恐惧的情绪所控制,不论恐惧之原因是否真正存在,也不论为时之久暂,为表示不安、恐惧时最广泛使用的字。主观方面的原因。 Scared 指“因受……惊吓而害怕”“惊恐的” 例如：The sudden barking scared him.突然的狗叫声吓了他一跳 You scared me !.你吓了我一跳 afraid只做表语；scared 可做定语. 例如：I was afraid of hurting her feelings .我担心伤害她的感情。 The scared child is feeling better now. 那个受惊的孩子现在好多了。 afraid 后常可接so/not或（that）从句 例如：Are we late? I’m afraid so/not.我们迟到了吗？恐怕迟到了/没有 I’m afraid (that) you’ll get caught in the rain. 我恐怕你要淋雨。 I’m afraid you are wrong about that .这事我想恐怕是你错了。 注意：be afraid to与be afraid of的用法区别 有这么一道题： The little girl was afraid _____ on the wooden bridge, for she is afraid _____ into the river. ??A.to walk, of falling??????????B.to walk, to fall? ??C.of walking, of falling?????????D.of walking, to fall ?应该选哪一个答案呢？ ?答：选A ?解析：该题考查的是be afraid to与be afraid of的用法区别。在解答该题之前，让我们先来了解一下它们的用法与区别：be afraid to do　不敢，胆怯去做某事，是主观上的原因不去做，意为“怕”； be afraid of doing　担心出现doing的状况、结果。?doing?是客观上造成的，意为“生怕，恐怕”。例如： She was afraid to step further in grass because she was afraid of being bitten by a snake. 她生怕被蛇咬着，而不敢在草丛中再走一步。 She was afraid to wake her husband. 她不敢去叫醒她丈夫。 She was afraid of waking her husband. 她生怕吵醒她丈夫。 ?此题的句意为“这个小女孩儿不敢在木桥上走，因为她生怕掉进河里。”由此可知，正确答案为A项。