dreading
v.
害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的现在分词 );
例句:
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She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father.
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
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I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
我一直十分担心分娩会花很长时间。
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I'm dreading Christmas this year.
今年我非常害怕过圣诞节。
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She never stopped dreading the long journey home.
来自NEWYORKER
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Tuesday afternoon, one worker said she was dreading the commute home.
来自VOA
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I kept dreading the ordeal of standing on the stage of Festival Hall.
来自N. Sedaka