lest they翻译

lest they的基本解释

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以免,唯恐:用于表示某种担忧或忧虑,引出一个可能发生的负面情况。

例句

Senators and representatives use private elevators, lest they have to queue with their constituents.参议员和众议员会使用私人电梯,以免他们要和选民一起排队。
Area 51 staff had to regularly interrupt such tests and hurry prototypes into "hoot-and-scoot sheds", lest they are detected by Soviet spy satellites.51区的工作人员不得不经常中断这种测试,匆忙地将这些样机送到“紧急藏身处”,以免它们被苏联间谍卫星发现。
What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar.现在的情况是,人们不能像以前那样轻易、公开地完全承认自己的梦想,惟恐别人认为他们爱赶时髦、贪得无厌、庸俗不堪。

短语

lest they Rot 免得又烂
lest they Rely On 免得被他们依赖
lest they Get Sued 否则会被起诉
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