lest
conjunction literary uk/lest/ us/lest/
以免,唯恐
in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen
They were afraid to complain about the noise lest they annoyed the neighbours. 他们不敢对噪声有任何抱怨,唯恐惹恼了邻居。
英汉双解词典收录81607条英汉双解翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的读音、翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。