Scared is slightly informal. In written English, people usually prefer to use afraid or frightened:scared略有些不正式。在书面英语中,人们一般更喜欢用afraid或frightened
5Many generations have been afraid of nuclear power.
好几代人都害怕核能。
nShe was afraid of losing Anna in the crowd.
nCOLLOCATIONS
adverbs
very/really scared
By this time I was feeling really scared.
quite scared
Some of the children were quite scared.
a bit/little scared
I was always a little scared of my father.
verbs
feel scared
She was beginning to feel a bit scared.
look scared
What’s the matter? You look scared.
get scared (=start to feel scared)
It was now completely dark and I was getting scared.
phrases
scared to death (=extremely scared)
He looked scared to death.
scared stiff informal (=extremely scared)
I was scared stiff of going down those cellar steps.
scared witless/out of your wits informal (=extremely scared)
She admitted she was scared witless.
be running scared (=feel scared, especially because someone might catch you or defeat you)
The opposition were running scared.
Examples from the Corpus
scared• Then he came into the bedroom to see me and I got really scared.• The first time I went on a motorcycle I was really scared.• She didn't know why she felt so scared.• There are people who encouraged me not to worry, not to be scared, but it's hard.• Why on earth is his Department so scared of answering questions on this subject?• Now most of her contacts were out-of-townbusinessmen, far more scared of comebacks than she'd ever have to be.• She's always been scared of heights.• You're scared of him, aren't you, whoever he is?• I think they were all scared of offending him.• She says she gets nervous whenever there's a car behind her, and she's scared of speed.• When he came back he looked scaredstiff, as if he'd seen a ghost.• I hate reading out my work in class - I'm scared that people are going to laugh at me.• He was too scared to be otherwise.• I stood still, scared to move forward and scared to go back.
scared to do something• But I was too bloodyscared toaccept the offer.• I am sick and scared todeath Though I only know about it from what men say.• She wasn't just scared of the cameras, she was scared of everything - scared to go home.• But I was too scared to go out.• My period was a week late but I was too scared to have a test.• Janice lay on the floortrembling, too scared to move.• It was the pot of white paint that dropped + had fallen on Nutmeg but he had been too scared tonotice.• He said he had been scared to tell the truth after a series of threats from one of the gang.• She was also scared toundress in front of him.