If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it.
例句
Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis...银行家们害怕会发生一场全球银行业危机。I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very isolated.我以前经常感到非常恐惧,非常愤怒,非常孤独。
ADJ-GRADED
可怕的;严重的
You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is.
例句
The region is in a fearful recession.该地区处于严重的经济衰退中。...the fearful consequences which might flow from unilateral military moves.单方面军事行动可能造成的可怕后果
ADJ-GRADED
非常坏的;极坏的
Fearful is used to emphasize that something is very bad.
例句
You gave me a fearful shock!你让我大吃一惊。'It sounds the most fearful hard work,' Sybil said later.“这听起来是极为令人生畏的艰苦工作。”西比尔后来说。
英汉词典释义
adv.
害怕地,担心地
The boys looked at each other fearfully.男孩子们害怕地相互看着。
<口>非常;极为
He is fearfully busy.他非常忙。
英英词典释义
Adverb
1. in fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully"