| 词组 | lest |
| 释义 | lest This conjunction is almost always followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood: • It is an idea that cannot safely be compromised with, lest it be utterly destroyed —E. B. White, letter, 29 Nov. 1947 • Lest there be any doubt —Alan M. Dershowitz, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 26 June 1983 • ... to be very wary lest one become an accomplice —Robert Stone, quoted in Publishers Weekly, 21 Mar. 1986 It can also be followed by a should clause, a construction that seems to have been more common in the past than it is now: • ... lest it should betray her into any observations seemingly unhandsome —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814 • ... the anxiety of the socialists lest they should lose —Times Literary Supp., 19 Mar. 1970 The use of a verb in the indicative mood following lest has occasionally been cited as an error. Our evidence shows that such usage does occur in standard writing, but it is atypical: • ... lest the United States finds itself a virtual dictatorship —Adolph A. Berle, "The Power of the President," October 1970 • ... lest its drift is lost on us —Roger Owen, Times Literary Supp., 14 May 1982 |
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