If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it.
例句
Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis...銀行家們害怕會發生一場全球銀行業危機。I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very isolated.我以前經常感到非常恐懼，非常憤怒，非常孤獨。
ADJ-GRADED
可怕的;嚴重的
You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is.
例句
The region is in a fearful recession.該地區處于嚴重的經濟衰退中。...the fearful consequences which might flow from unilateral military moves.單方面軍事行動可能造成的可怕后果
ADJ-GRADED
非常壞的;極壞的
Fearful is used to emphasize that something is very bad.
例句
You gave me a fearful shock!你讓我大吃一驚。'It sounds the most fearful hard work,' Sybil said later.“這聽起來是極為令人生畏的艱苦工作。”西比爾后來說。
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
害怕地,擔心地
The boys looked at each other fearfully.男孩子們害怕地相互看著。
<口>非常;極為
He is fearfully busy.他非常忙。
英英詞典釋義
Adverb
1. in fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully"