I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。
I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency.
我不敢想像万一出现重大紧急情况会怎么样。
Their dread of bodily injury gave way at once to distress of a different sort.
她们害怕汤姆身体受伤的恐惧立刻变成了另一种痛苦。
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The Duchess hated books ("Quelle dread surprise, " she writes upon learning that a famous French writer is coming to dinner), while Fermor was the very definition of the dashing, encyclopedic gypsy scholar.