expect/fear the worstto expect or fear that something will not be successful or something bad will happen 预期/担心最坏的事情发生,作最坏打算 When it got so late and they still weren’t home, I began to fear the worst. 天那么晚了他们还没回家,我开始担心发生了最坏的情况。
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