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lest 音标拼音: [l'ɛst] conj. 以免,因恐,免得 以免,因恐,免得 Lest \ Lest\ ( l[ e^] st), v. i. To listen. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Lest \ Lest\, n. [ See List to choose.] Lust; desire; pleasure. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Lest \ Lest\, a. Last; least. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Lest \ Lest\, conj. [ OE. leste, fr. AS. [ eth][= y] l[= ae] s [ eth][= e] the less that, where [ eth][= y] is the instrumental case of the definite article, and [ eth][= e] is an indeclinable relative particle, that, who, which. See { The}, { Less}, a.] 1. For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not. [ 1913 Webster] Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. -- Prov. xx. 13. [ 1913 Webster] Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. -- 1 Cor. x. 12. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That ( without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. [ 1913 Webster] I feared Lest I might anger thee. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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