Lest

(v. i.) To listen.

(n.) Lust; desire; pleasure.

(a.) Last; least.

(a.) For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.

(a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

整理:内莉

• I was determined not to open my lips, lest my voice should betray me to Berkeley Craven. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Lest any man think I mean to be ill-natured when I talk about our pilgrims as I have been talking, I wish to say in all sincerity that I do not. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I was afraid to put it off till next day (the Friday); being in doubt lest some accident might happen in the interval. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The troubles she has had here have wearied her, said Lydgate, breaking off again, lest he should say too much. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I am harassed with the girl, and yet I cannot part with her lest I should get a worse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• That's why I told him to look out, lest she brought an action against him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Riderhood had looked hard at his hands and his pockets, apparently as a precautionary measure lest he should have any weapon about him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• After tea he said we should neither of us leave him that evening; he would not let us stray out of his sight, lest we should again get into mischief. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I was in a great fright lest I should lose my supper. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I had been the author of unalterable evils; and I lived in daily fear, lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The anxious terror in which Mr. Hale lived lest his son should be detected and captured, far out-weighed the pleasure he derived from his presence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Hence I feel a reluctance to approach the subject, lest our aspiration, my dear friend, should turn out to be a dream only. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This I delivered in a firm tone, like a person who was jealous lest his courage should be called in question. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Let not day look on these lines, lest garish day waste, turn pale, and die. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• My dread was lest he should turn his head, and see her too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He locked the door lest the ladies should surprise him and insist upon knowing what he was doing with these names and coins. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Lydgate was madly anxious about her affection, and jealous lest any other man than himself should win it and ask her to marry him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And now we are near the spot; let us draw in and surround the cover and watch with all our eyes, lest justice should slip away and escape. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It was as though she knew that her baby was frail and delicate and feared lest the rough hands of her fellows might injure the little thing. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• But now each seemed fearful lest the fatal moment should pass, while the choice was yet undecided. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I do not say heaven, lest you should fancy that I am playing upon the name ('ourhanoz, orhatoz'). 柏拉图. 理想国.
• First he would accept and live the old Hellenic life, then he would refuse, lest such life should lack the sharp, salt flavor of modern existence. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• As the last officer went down he thought it was time that he returned to his wife lest some members of the crew find her alone below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He whose prisoner thou art scorns to take mean revenge for what is paSt. But beware of the future, lest a worse thing befall thee. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But she sat silent, as if thinking over what he had said, and he grew frightened lest she should answer that she wondered too. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• To-morrow we will see Robert, and be of good cheer; but I will say no more, lest I should begin to cry too. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I had spent days of anxiety lest each morning should bring the report that the enemy had retreated the night before. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She seemed afraid lest some intruder should take a seat she apparently wished to reserve next her own. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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