be afraid to do和be afraid o

Question

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Answer 1

　　区别
　　be afraid to do sth.意思是“害怕做某事”，从内心感到恐惧；
　　be afraid of doing sth.意思是“害怕做某事”，为被迫但不得不敢做，从而产生害怕感觉，倾向于不情愿；
　　例：
　　He was afraid to go out alone at night.(他害怕晚上独自外出。暗含的意思是“他对于晚上独自外出缺乏安全感”。)
　　He came late to school and was afraid of being scolded by the teacher.(他上学迟到了，害怕被老师吵。暗含的意思是“他不情愿被老师吵”。)
　　用“不敢.......”来辨别这两个短语很能说明问题。
　　He is afraid of being beaten by his father.他怕被他爸打。（不是他敢不敢的问题，他是不情愿。）
　　He is afraid to touch the snake.他不敢碰那条蛇。（他内心里恐惧蛇。）

Answer 2

看过很多人对这两个短语的辨析，但都觉得解释得不很到位，甚至会有种越看越糊涂的感觉。两个短语都有“不敢去做某事”的意思，但be afraid to do sth.真正的意思是“害怕做某事”，也就是主语对做某事内心感到恐惧；be afraid of doing sth.表示主语内心里不情愿做某事，也可以说是不希望发生某事，但自己不一定能避免它。例如：

He was afraid to go out alone at night.(他害怕晚上独自外出。暗含的意思是“他对于晚上独自外出缺乏安全感”。)

He came late to school and was afraid of being scolded by the teacher.(他上学迟到了，害怕被老师吵。暗含的意思是“他不情愿被老师吵”。)

用“不敢.......”来辨别这两个短语很能说明问题。

He is afraid of being beaten by his father.他怕被他爸打。（不是他敢不敢的问题，他是不情愿。）

He is afraid to touch the snake.他不敢碰那条蛇。（他内心里恐惧蛇。）

希望对你有所帮助O(∩_∩)O~

Answer 3

答：
be afraid to do 害怕做某事，这件事还没发生，或者不会发生
He was afraid to go out alone at night 自己理解下语境
be afraid of doing 担心发生某事，往往指某件事已经发生所造成的后果
套用这个句子 He came late to school and was afraid of being scolded by the teacher.
他已经迟到了，已经发生，后果就是他可能会被老师骂也可能不会被骂，