lest
conjunction literary uk/lest/ us/lest/
以免,唯恐
in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen
They were afraid to complain about the noise lest they annoyed the neighbours. 他们不敢对噪声有任何抱怨,唯恐惹恼了邻居。
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